Gu Family Marriage Alliance, Soul Severing Inheritance

Heavenly Luo Sect grandmaster, Disciple of Seven Absolute Old Man, Soul Severing Saber Li Pingjiang, had been executed, his head hung atop the walls of Five Peaks Mountain City. This news spread madly through Five Peaks Mountain City, then radiated outward at an astonishing speed.

"What!?" A grandmaster's disciple had died?"

"His head was hung on the walls of Five Peaks Mountain City!?"

"Who did it!?"

"..."

For a time, the name Reckless Saber rose like a clamor of cicadas, spreading far and wide.

No matter how the rumors outside raged, Chen Ping'an was already seated in the Town Pacification Office's specially made carriage, heading for the North Azure Stronghold.

More than ten riders escorted the carriage from outside. They were all elites of the Five Peaks Mountain City Town Pacification Office—broad-shouldered, eyes like lightning, great sabers at their waists, imposing and majestic.

Along the way, passing merchant caravans and pedestrians all gave way at the sight of such a formation. They secretly wondered which great figure of the Town Pacification Office sat within that carriage.

Chen Ping'an sat inside the carriage with his eyes lightly closed, pondering the contents of the letter sent by the Azure Dragon Province Town Pacification Office.

The letter's contents were not, as Chen Ping'an had initially guessed, some official order concerning public affairs. Its actual contents had greatly exceeded his expectations.

The letter had not been written in the tone of an official exchange. Instead, it resembled communication between private individuals. It had been penned by a great figure of the Province Town Pacification Office, Province Town Pacification Office Chief Candidate Gu Haoqing, Master Gu.

In recent days, as Chen Ping'an's status steadily rose, he had naturally made up for his deficiencies and learned more about the major figures within the Azure Dragon Province