No one could clearly articulate the vastness of the street. It was only known that the Sword Saint of Jin State, who wore Longyuan or had Baili slung at his waist, and the Baili Sword of Qian State, were people of the street. And those who liked to lean against haystacks, picking their ears and humming tunes, idling away their days without doing any proper work—they too were people of the street.
The more diverse the people, the more they gravitated towards unconventional deeds.
Someone once offered critiques of the Four Great Swordsmen, highlighting a distinctive feature of each of their swords—a practice that later generations would call 'labeling.'
Li Liangshen, the Commander-in-Chief of Yan State's Northern Garrison Army, wielded a sword that had slain countless barbarians and drunk its fill of their blood. Among the Four Great Swordsmen, his sword was responsible for the most slaughter and was thus renowned as 'Ruthless.'
