The Hidden Guard, or the White Tiger Guard.
The more Chen Yi came into contact with them, the more he felt that their purpose in Shuzhou was unclear.
Like dark clouds outside the window obscuring the bright moon, the secrets behind them could not be seen clearly.
He had already determined that the Harrier Eagle, Ge Laosan, and the others wanted him to enter officialdom, gain renown, or secure a place in the Xiao Family.
Most likely, they wanted him to possess "renown" and "power."
But what came after that?
Would he be used as a puppet to control the Xiao Family, or for something else?
If they wanted him to control the Xiao Family, Old Master, Xiao Jinghong, and Xiao Wuge were hurdles they could not possibly bypass.
Unless the Hidden Guard acted and killed those three, even if he held office and had renown, he still would not be able to take control of the Xiao Family.
Thus, after sorting through the Hidden Guard's schemes concerning him over the past few days, Chen Yi vaguely sensed that one crucial link was still missing.
Then there were the Hidden Guard's Female Tiger and Luanfeng.
The former hid within Bright Moon Tower, her purpose unknown.
The latter came from the Qinghe Cui Family. Not only was her purpose in coming to Shuzhou unclear, even the reason she had joined the White Tiger Guard seemed strange.
Added to that were the duties of the White Tiger Guard that Chen Yi had learned of earlier—specializing in infiltrating enemy states and neighboring lands, tasked with winning over defectors and stirring up strife in other countries.
And following that duty to its logical conclusion—
Chen Yi arrived at two possible conclusions.
The first was that the White Tiger Guard treated Shuzhou as an enemy