Under the same moonlight, Nen River City.
A Cloud-Piercing Shuttle tore through the air, carrying an awe-inspiring presence.
The moment the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle reached the skies above the Commander's Prefecture, two squads of Imperial Guards descended through the air, followed by three high-ranking officials drifting down gracefully.
The foremost of them was astonishingly clad in first-rank court robes.
Within the Commander's Prefecture, Zhou Pengfei was greatly startled and abruptly rose to his feet...
Boom!
The gates of the Commander's Prefecture were pushed open directly beneath the hand of this first-rank court official.
Zhou Pengfei rose from his seat and led more than thirty Great Generals beneath him forward in greeting. "Greetings, Grand Scholar!"
The arrival was none other than Grand Scholar of Literary Abyss Xie Dong.
Xie Dong's eyes shone like autumn waters. "Zhou Pengfei, Li Lihe, and the thirty-six Great Generals seated here—you have all been stripped of your posts!"
Zhou Pengfei's entire body shook. "Grand Scholar, th-this... why?"
"If you do not ask why, you are merely being dismissed. If you ask why, then you are forcing this official to reveal the evidence. Once the evidence is laid bare, there will be a public trial, and the outcome will be entirely unpredictable!" Xie Dong said mildly. "Zhou Pengfei, you may as well think carefully. Do you truly wish to ask this 'why'?"
Zhou Pengfei's face twisted with conflict as his gaze swept around him.
At this moment, he discovered in shock that the guards around them had, at some unknown time, all been replaced.
Moreover, each of them deliberately or inadvertently revealed a certain aura.
That aura was like a deep abyss, like a hidden dragon.
The Hidden Dragon Guard!
Lin Su had left Nen River, but the overwhelming majority of the Hidden Dragon Guard had remained behind,