At that time, quite a few Demon Suppression Guards were cultivating on the training grounds outside the barracks. Seeing the procession, they stopped what they were doing, gathered around, and began discussing it in low voices.
"Who are those people, bringing so many carriage loads of gifts? I wonder who they're looking for."
"Look at their clothing. They seem to be from the Black Mountain Sect. What are they doing here?"
"Could they be here to take revenge on Chiliarch Su? But they don't look like they've come to stir up trouble. With all those lavish gifts, they look more like they're here to present gifts."
"Take revenge? With just them? Chiliarch Su severely wounded even Xu Tianwang with a single saber strike. Even if they came, they might not be able to beat him. I'd say these people are most likely here to apologize."
The Black Mountain Sect's envoy led his people to Su Fei's barracks. He straightened his clothes, then called loudly into the barracks.
"As an envoy of the Black Mountain Sect, I have come on our sect master's orders to pay my respects to Chiliarch Su of the Demon Suppression Bureau. Please come out to meet us, Chiliarch Su."
His resonant voice carried throughout the Ninth Barracks, to which Su Fei belonged. Many Demon Suppression Guards handling affairs inside also poked their heads out, looking curiously outside.
For a moment, the eyes of every Demon Suppression Guard outside the Ninth Barracks were fixed on the carriages laden with lavish gifts and the Black Mountain Sect's envoy.
That the Black Mountain Sect would lower itself like this and bring lavish gifts to pay its respects was enough to show that Chiliarch Su's intimidating presence had already spread far and wide. Even the Black Mountain Sect, thousands of