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One day earlier, inside Mingdu's Prince Yan Manor.

Three large characters were carved on the plaque outside the hall: "Yan Gong Hall." Beneath them was a line of smaller text: "Bestowed upon King Yan Xu Jingyu on such-and-such year, month, and day."

Inside the hall, three men in crimson Golden Python Robes sat upon two rows of Ebony Golden Burl Nan Chairs.

If the people from Shrek had been here, they would have been shocked to discover that the three men sitting in this princely manor bore a considerable resemblance to Xu Tianran.

"King Yan, colluding with relatives by marriage and privately mobilizing troops is a capital crime. Our eldest brother has already found an opportunity to have Fifth Brother flayed alive, right inside his own manor!"

At that moment, one of the men in crimson Golden Python Robes, somewhat portly in build, wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and nervously looked toward King Yan, the fourth brother seated at the head.

"Of course I know that. Do I need you to remind me?"

King Yan spoke from the seat of honor, a cold glint flashing through his eyes. "That is why I merely had you contact those in-law families first and remain still. We will wait and see how things develop."

"You only intend to mobilize one Soul Engineer Legion, while I will need to mobilize two. If this goes wrong, neither I nor my two maternal uncles will escape. Our fate will only be worse than King Zhou's."

The King Zhou mentioned by King Yan was naturally Fifth Brother, who had once attempted to assassinate Xu Tianran, only for Xu Tianran to personally visit his residence and sentence him to death by slow slicing in his own bedchamber.

"Enough, King Qin. Say less. If Xu Tianran truly