The Yang Province navy entered Jade Prefecture's waters as the vanguard.
Once Hundred Flowers Valley received word,
it immediately ordered the Jade Prefecture navy to sortie and meet the enemy.
At the Jade Prefecture navy's main camp,
more than thirty Innate Realm commanders gathered in the central command tent.
The commander Hundred Flowers Valley had sent to take charge of the Jade Prefecture navy was named Hua Ying. She was the valley master's personal disciple, with a cultivation at the middle stage of the Innate Realm.
"The Marquis of Chu is a tyrant! He has raised an army without just cause and invaded our Jade Prefecture! The Yang Province navy has already entered our waters, and battle is imminent. By order of the valley master, the entire Jade Prefecture navy is to sortie and engage the invaders. There must be no failure!"
Yet when her words fell,
there was no response.
Hua Ying's expression changed at once.
Her gaze swept across everyone in the tent. Most had their heads lowered and remained silent.
Standing on the left, Zhao Xuan, the Jade Prefecture navy's potbellied deputy commander, kept his eyes on his nose and his nose pointed toward his heart, as though none of this concerned him.
"Zhao Xuan, what is the meaning of this? Are you trying to defy the valley master's orders? You must be tired of living!"
Hua Ying stared at Zhao Xuan, her fierce manner masking her fear.
"Tired of living?"
Zhao Xuan sneered and looked at Hua Ying. Gone were the flattery and cautious deference he had once shown her. Now his eyes held only an unfamiliar chill.
"Hua Ying, I'd say you're the one who's tired of living."
"You!"
Hua Ying's pupils contracted. A chill shot from the soles of her feet straight to the