Xiong Chumo was overjoyed. "I understand, I understand. I understand everything, Brother Shao. Don't worry—I won't let down this deep friendship of yours. I'm coming right over. Wait for me; I'll be there immediately."
The Palace Steward had spoken. Even if the charge was nothing more than insolence and disrespect, Suijie's fate was practically sealed.
Since things had come to this, there was no need for him to stay hidden. He would watch Suijie's downfall in broad daylight.
"Come on over. There are plenty of people waiting to watch the show this time, and many have already spoken to me. We'll go together."
Shao Ting took charge of everything. He thought this job couldn't have gone better: he'd earn a heap of favors and plenty of benefits besides.
Still, one thing puzzled him. Such a hotly contested assignment had never gone to a Palace Steward like him before. Perhaps heaven had finally smiled on him.
By the time Shao Ting led Xiong Chumo and a large group of others to Bright Mountain, another exhibition was underway there.
After organizing several of them, the Phoenix Power Guard's exhibitions had grown more polished. Their influence was spreading, drawing more and more cultivators from farther and farther afield.
When Shao Ting and his group arrived, more than a thousand Rogue Cultivators were watching the exhibition of the Phoenix Power Guard's achievements in wiping out the Tantai Family.
"The Middle Envoy has arrived. Tell Suijie to come receive him!"
Niu Xiaoyong, the Left Guard General under Shao Ting, barked the order.
Before long, Xu Yi led the Phoenix Power Guard's officers and generals to the martial arts ground. After Xu Yi greeted him, Shao Ting accepted the salute with a swagger, then boomed, "An investigation has found that since taking office, Suijie, Guard Master