Chen Ping'an rose alone and strolled along the ridge between the fields. An old friend had arrived—Qi Shou, who had rushed over from Wu Kui City and was now the leader of the Execution Officer lineage.
Qi Shou came straight to the point. "If you didn't come to Quan Fu to find me, I'd have to keep my heart hanging in the air. Better to deliver myself to your door and ask for a few scoldings."
Who did not know that the Summer Palace's young Yin Guan was full of strange remarks? It was as if he possessed a whole basketful of Natal Flying Swords, each one piercing straight through the heart.
Chen Ping'an smiled. "Brother Qi and I are intimate friends. Now that Brother Qi has been promoted, I have not even had time to flatter you properly. How would I dare point fingers at a newly appointed Execution Officer?"
The two walked side by side along the field ridge. Qi Shou said, "I heard the previous Execution Officer was called Hao Su? When Ning Yao returned to Ascension City last time, she did not go into detail about your trip to the Savage World. Even now, all I know is his name."
For the sword cultivators of the current Execution Officer lineage, there had always been a knot in their hearts, neither too large nor too small: their "family register" had been severed. The previous Execution Officer had never shown himself, even until the war ended.
The Yin Guan lineage, on the other hand, had a clear succession from one generation of Yin Guans to the next. Regardless of each Yin Guan's reputation, realm, or military achievements, there was at least evidence to consult and a lineage to trace.
As for the previous Yin Guan, Xiao Yu, betraying