In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
Within the Evil Realm, ten days had gone by.
Luo Town.
The Formation Master's Hall.
Xu Zhifan and a group of Formation Pivot Envoys stood respectfully outside the entrance.
Formation Vein Soldiers and Formation Reserve Soldiers stood on either side, their ranks imposing.
Xu Zhifan's face was clouded with worry, and he seemed almost ill at ease.
Only today had he received word that Ma Zhiyao, the Prefecture Lord's deputy envoy from Zhiyang Prefecture, was coming.
Ma Zhiyao's arrival had been so unexpected that Xu Zhifan could think of only one explanation: the six Formation Pivot Envoys he had lost earlier.
Wen Jianjian was nervous too. She leaned closer to Xu Zhifan and said:
"Formation Master, you asked all the Formation Pivot Envoys to come, but Chen Yan hasn't shown up..."
Xu Zhifan furrowed his brow and waved a hand.
"If he doesn't come, then so be it. Baleful Intent is spilling from every inch of him. The Prefecture Lord's deputy envoy will see at a glance that it has sunk into his very bones.
"That will only worsen his impression of Luo Town."
These past few days, Xu Zhifan had been weighed down with worry.
For one thing, during the last purge of the Law Enforcers, he had lost six Formation Pivot Envoys. That was a grave offense.
For another, he had privately claimed credit for the dozen or so Law Enforcer settlements that someone else had destroyed.
After all, he had a guilty conscience. Even he couldn't help worrying that the truth might come out.
On top of that, Jiang Guanxin had gone missing.
Jiang Guanxin was the next Prefecture Lord Xu Zhifan had chosen, yet he had simply vanished.
With so many troubles piling up, even more white