No Time to Delay

The young man leading Bai Yang was about twenty years old, with cultivation in the Grandmaster realm. Nearly two meters tall and broad-shouldered, he wore black armor and carried a two-meter-long saber at his waist. His face was expressionless, as if someone owed him three million and had never paid him back.

As one of Chen Yongfa's personal guards, his job wasn't really to protect Chen Yongfa. More often, he carried out or relayed Chen Yongfa's orders. That meant the personal guards had to be tight-lipped; letting military intelligence slip was no joke.

So the young man kept his head down and led the way in silence.

Now that he'd heard Bai Yang's question, he asked stiffly but respectfully, "May I ask who the Governor-General is looking for?"

"Five people: Niu Lanshan, Lan Qingfeng, Niu Jian, Lan Shuang, and Niu Huahua. Four men and one woman. Niu Lanshan and Niu Jian are Niu Huahua's father and brother, while Lan Qingfeng is Lan Shuang's father. During the Blood Lotus Sect upheaval, they joined the Dynasty's armed forces as a civilian militia. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be in the army. I just don't know whether they're with the Northern Expeditionary Army, so I wanted to ask around."

Bai Yang tried to explain the situation in as much detail as possible.

After listening, the young man thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Governor-General, I haven't heard of any of the people you mentioned. But please rest assured. I'll keep this matter in mind and give the order once I get back. If the people you're looking for are in the army, we'll find them!"

Bai Yang's status spoke for itself. As Grand Governor of the Northern Expedition Army, he was arguably the most powerful person beneath Chen Yongfa. Even