As a garrison captain of Zhengyao Two Realms City, life was actually fairly easy.
The rules of Zhengyao Two Realms City were simple: the formation opened at sunrise and closed at sunset.
After sunset, Captain Zhou could leave his post and rest. Having guarded Zhengyao Two Realms City for many years, he had purchased a residence within the city and bought two young, beautiful concubines to ease his loneliness. With someone warming his bed at night, he lived quite freely and comfortably.
That day, Captain Zhou returned to this secondary residence as usual. After the maids attended to him as he washed his face and hands, he headed for his study, while the servant girls and old women had already begun preparing the meal.
He stepped casually into the study, but the instant he crossed the threshold, Captain Zhou's back abruptly tensed. It felt as though he had been targeted by a ferocious tiger, making every hair on his back stand on end.
A figure was seated in the grand armchair in the study. Yet he could not make out the person clearly; a hazy radiance flickered over the figure's face.
"Who are you?" Captain Zhou asked in a low, measured voice.
"Captain Zhou, don't be nervous. I merely wish to have a chat with you," a deep voice replied.
"What is there to discuss? I have nothing to discuss with an uninvited, wicked guest." Captain Zhou's hand slowly moved, and a Warning Talisman appeared in his palm.
The moment he activated the Warning Talisman, in this small city within a twenty-li radius that housed as many as twenty-eight thousand troops, he did not believe he would face much danger.
"Setting off that Warning Talisman now would not be a very good idea."
Seated in the grand armchair, Ye Zhen