Zhang Xian smiled and said, "Where would I know the whereabouts of such an existence? Fellow Daoist Chen, the post of commander should rightfully have been yours, yet an imperial decree from above commanded me to temporarily assume the role of commander. I declined repeatedly to no avail, and I hope you will not take offense, Daoist."
He was in the True Immortal Realm, yet he was polite and courteous toward Chen Shi.
Chen Shi smiled and said, "My wager with Yin Fenglou was merely a joke to begin with and shouldn't be taken seriously. Even if he were defeated, he wouldn't have the final say on who was appointed commander anyway."
Besides, Yin Fenglou was already dead.
Hearing this, Zhang Xian let out a sigh of relief, thinking: Chen Shi is not an unreasonable man. Strange, why did he insist on killing Yin Fenglou?
He was quite puzzled. Logically speaking, Chen Shi had just ascended and come to the heavenly court to serve as a heavenly soldier; he was unfamiliar with the place and people, and should not have clashed with the commander in the first place.
Yet Chen Shi had deliberately provoked Yin Fenglou and executed him publicly, an affair that reeked of strangeness from the start. But even stranger was how Chen Shi had been released after being cast into the Heavenly Prison.
There must be a formidable backing behind him!
Zhang Xian's gaze flickered, and he thought, Most likely, the position of commander of the Fire Character Camp was left for him by that backing, but because he was in prison, it fell to me instead. I must be careful not to offend him and get myself killed by him.
Thinking of this, he grew even more courteous toward Chen Shi.
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