Zhang Yu Shoulders Group Three

After speaking with Qu Yizhi before him, Zhang Yu finally learned that Lu Hengzhang, the Audit Department's Deputy Minister and a Fourth Rank official, had been suppressing him in secret.

And the reason for that suppression...

"Conservative Faction?" Zhang Yu thought to himself. "But is this the will of the entire Conservative Faction, Lu Hengzhang's own idea, or the intention of some higher-ranking figure within the Conservative Faction?"

Zhang Yu first ruled out the possibility that it was the will of the entire Conservative Faction. After all, if that were the case... the pressure he faced would be far greater than this.

Zhang Yu put his doubts to Qu Yizhi, but unfortunately, Qu Yizhi had no answer either.

"The Conservative Faction is extremely complicated internally. There are cultivators from Myriad Laws Sect's earliest days, cultivators who entered later through the Exam Ancestor, and even cultivators who transferred from other sects. Do you think they could all share the same ideas?"

"Those who entered Myriad Laws Sect five hundred years ago, three hundred years ago, or one hundred years ago all came from different eras. Could they possibly hold the same views?"

"Whether you divide them by different camps or different eras, slice them horizontally or vertically, and you can split them into countless factions."

Qu Yizhi said, "Deputy Minister Lu bears the marks of many factions. I do not know why he has taken an interest in you." "But I can sense that although he no longer pays much attention to Martial Arts Group Three's progress, he is likely preparing other means to deal with you." This was also one reason Qu Yizhi had made his choice. He felt that Lu Hengzhang's instructions to him had merely been a casually placed chess piece, while the opponent's true killing move against