Personal Guard Foundation

"Northern Profound Zhu told me about this. I agreed as well!"

That night, Zhou You went to Zhou Nanwang with a troubled expression and told him how thorny the matter was.

Zhou Nanwang's reaction was mild. Clearly, he did not take it to heart. "They're giving you the man, so take him!"

"Great Uncle Ancestor—ah, no, Grandmaster, I'm afraid that would be inconvenient. After all, he and I have a grudge!"

"Mm, there is a grudge. Isn't he being given to you as a servant to atone for it?"

Zhou You blinked. It seemed he had been slow to catch on—this sort of maneuver appeared to be quite common among aristocratic families!

Zhou Nanwang patiently explained, "Now that you have returned to the ancestral fold, things are no longer as they were. It is time for you to form your own personal guard."

"Although the clan will assign people to you, it would be best if you began preparing your own foundation in advance."

A personal guard—it sounded somewhat familiar. Then Zhou You remembered!

Previously, when Liu Fengji had gone to Zunyang City to train, he had encountered a surprise assault by the Wu tribes' army. He had only escaped with his life because his personal guard stayed behind to cover his retreat.

At the time, he had still been a Martial Master, yet his personal guard had included three Advanced Martial Masters, along with varying numbers of intermediate and Beginner Martial Masters.

As a powerful martial artist, if Zhou You wanted to form a personal guard, he would inevitably need to select powerful martial experts as his trusted retainers.

That would be difficult!

With the Liu Family's power and resources, Liu Fengji had assembled a lavish personal guard lineup while he was still a Martial Master. Yet it had