PS: Important clarification: In the previous chapter, due to Pig Three's oversight, an error appeared—the Little Demon's cultivation at Spirit-Connecting Realm Second Level was written as Dao Entry Realm Third Level. This is hereby corrected! The chapter has been revised; please forgive us, brothers!
Gu Tieqi watched Ye Zhen, who was pinning Jiang Meng to the ground and beating him savagely, with the gaze one reserved for a monster. His uncle Gu Kuang had told him that this Captain Ye was strong, extraordinarily so.
He had believed it, because his uncle had never lied to him. But he had never imagined that Ye Zhen could be this monstrously strong.
A Palace Opening Realm Ninth Level peak expert beating up a Spirit-Connecting Realm Second Level cultivator?
Oh, right. It was Dao Entry Realm now!
Even more astonishingly, Ye Zhen's ruthless style had actually cowed Jiang Meng's entire group of personal guards.
In truth, Gu Tieqi had been cowed as well!
Gu Tieqi could not quite tell whether Ye Zhen was toying with Jiang Meng, teaching him a lesson, or simply incapable of killing him!
If Jiang Meng was killed, it would truly become a major incident.
As the Imperial Guard Commander of Princess Changle's Mansion, Jiang Meng could serve as Grand Marshal of the troops in an ordinary small commandery-state. Even among the elite Luoyi Imperial Army, he could command ten thousand men!
Most importantly, Jiang Meng's backing was formidable as well.
If Jiang Meng died, many people would likely suffer for it!
That was the real reason Jiang Meng's personal guards had been frightened stiff by Ye Zhen's harsh words.
Yet now, Gu Tieqi was worrying over another excruciating problem: how was this matter to be settled today?
One personal guard was dead, one guard captain was dead, and