Zhang Chen pondered the situation within the imperial palace. He stayed at the Inspection Directorate, waiting for the Court Assembly to ferment, while Xie Lingyun went out to turn away visitors from every direction.
On the third day, Zhang Chen was sitting atop a pavilion discussing the Dao with Xie Lingyun when a burst of hoofbeats drew his gaze. From his lofty perch, he overlooked the entire Inspection Directorate and saw several hundred golden-armored cavalrymen in the distance. They had arrived outside the Inspection Directorate and surrounded its gates on all sides.
"Someone still dares cause trouble at the Inspection Directorate?" Zhang Chen looked at the imposing force and turned to Xie Lingyun in surprise.
Xie Lingyun's face immediately darkened. Her eyes fixed upon the arrivals, Killing Intent flowing through her pupils. "They're from the Five Cities Military Command!"
"The Five Cities Military Command dares to provoke the Inspection Directorate?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.
Xie Lingyun said nothing at Zhang Chen's words, merely standing on the pavilion and watching coldly. Zhang Chen looked toward the commander of the Five Cities Military Command, and surprise rose on his face. "It's actually him? He didn't die?"
As the general turned his head, revealing half his face beneath the golden armor, Zhang Chen could not help but freeze. Who else could it be but Gong Chun, the man Zhang Chen had buried beneath Old Turtle Ridge? By all rights, when Zhang Chen activated the Feng Shui Array, Gong Chun should have died under Old Turtle Ridge. Yet who could have expected that not only had the fellow survived, he had even lived on?
"How did he survive?" Zhang Chen's expression was full of astonishment.
"You know that commander?" Xie Lingyun asked after hearing Zhang Chen mutter.
Zhang Chen did not conceal it. He