A new falcon message had arrived, sent from the General Celestial Master Prefecture in Qian Capital.
Just as Fei Xinghe had said earlier, Venerable Cao Chengping, Grand Protector of Yunyang, had sent him an edict.
In the edict, Cao Chengping harshly condemned Wang Chen for wantonly killing Ruan Zhaoming, the prefectural governor, stripped him of his post as Protector Heavenly Master, and ordered him to remain in Nanshao City to await the disposition of his successor.
He was not to offer any resistance.
Otherwise, he would face merciless punishment under the sect rules!
Had Wang Chen not received Fei Xinghe's letter, Cao Chengping might actually have managed to intimidate him somewhat.
But now, he utterly scorned this edict.
A dignified Purple Mansion cultivator had defected to his sworn nemesis, yet still had the nerve to put on the airs of a senior cultivator and bark orders at him.
Did he really think that once he issued an edict, Wang Chen would obediently submit and let others butcher him at will?
Wang Chen had originally planned to leave Nanshao City the next day.
Whoever wanted the post of Protector Heavenly Master could have it. In any case, he was returning to the Cultivation World.
Yet this edict from Venerable Cao left Wang Chen feeling extremely, extremely displeased.
This was the second time he had been treated as a disposable pawn.
And only a few days had passed between the two times!
Before he knew it, a suffocating resentment had welled up in Wang Chen's heart.
If he did not vent it, he would not rest easy!
He decided not to leave for the time being.
Though the identity of Protector Heavenly Master was hardly worth mentioning, Wang Chen had no intention of slinking away from Nanshao like a homeless dog.
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