"General Li, your expression looked so ugly just now. Is there something you wanted to say to me?"
After leaving the main hall, Zhu Guanglai suddenly turned back to look at the man, a cold sneer curling his lips.
General Li's expression changed. Forcing down the anger in his heart, he said coldly, "Nothing."
"Very good." Zhu Guanglai sneered. "I already gave you a chance. You were the one who proved useless. Oh, right, I remember you have a daughter. She's quite lovely, isn't she?"
"Zhu Guanglai! If you dare lay a single finger on my daughter, I will kill you!"
"Is that so?" Zhu Guanglai burst into laughter. "Then let's wait and see."
With that, he turned and walked away smugly.
But after taking only a few steps, he saw a dense mass of red points appear in the distant sky.
Like stars filling the heavens, those red points shot rapidly toward the Domain Lord's Manor.
Zhu Guanglai's smile instantly froze on his face...
An inexplicable sense of dread suddenly rose from the depths of his heart, making every hair on his body stand on end.
He had experienced this feeling once before in his life.
Three hundred years ago, in order to climb higher and seize power, he had not hesitated to betray his word and sell out the benefactor who had painstakingly nurtured him. In the end, his actions had led to his benefactor's entire family being slaughtered by their enemies.
On the very day that happened, he had felt this same restless unease in his heart.
And everything that followed had proven his premonition right.
At the time, captivated by his benefactor's daughter's beauty, he had seized the opportunity to detain her, intending to toy with her for a few days before killing her.
Who would