Stormy City, Glorious Return to Wei River

"Reckless Saber Chen Ping'an has been promoted to Deputy Brigade Commander of the Town Pacification Office!?"

Inside the room, Feng Chengxiu's expression was incomparably grim, and an exceedingly sharp aura radiated from his body.

Previously, when Tong Jin had died, he had intended to use overwhelming force to crush Chen Ping'an completely. Invoking the Universe Control Division's supervisory authority, he had filed an impeachment against Chen Ping'an and expressly ordered the Wei River Town Pacification Office to reopen its review.

Yet who could have imagined that it would provoke a Gu Family Grandmaster into acting? Had it been an ordinary Grandmaster, they might not necessarily have been able to interfere with the Universe Control Division's operations. But Gu Qingchan was no ordinary Grandmaster. Setting aside what the future held, solely by her present combat power, she was already enough to look down upon those at Yuheng Early Stage. A figure like her was not someone he could provoke—nor could even a true Grandmaster.

The review had been forced to a halt.

This matter had already left Feng Chengxiu utterly stifled. Bound by Gu Qingchan's imposing might, he had been forced to yield.

But who would have thought that he had only just impeached Chen Ping'an, and in the blink of an eye, the other man was actually about to be promoted?

Such an action by the Town Pacification Office was practically a vicious slap across his face. The humiliation concealed beneath it was far too obvious!

Feng Chengxiu's hawk-like eyes looked ready to spew fire.

Most crucially, every procedure concerning Chen Ping'an's promotion had been reasonable and compliant. He could not even find grounds to attack it.

As the trade routes operated, demons and monsters from every quarter had emerged one after another, and unrest had broken out throughout Wei