"Your Excellency is clad in white, fairer than snow, with peerless bearing. Truly, you are someone this humble subordinate has never seen in all his life! You must be Chongxuan Zun, General Chongxuan—the foremost prodigy of Great Qi, who has eclipsed all others of his generation!"
Liu Yitao, commander of Ximing City, who oversaw five thousand soldiers and guarded thirty thousand prisoners, looked at Chongxuan Zun with heartfelt emotion.
Heaven knew how sincerely he meant it. This was the man who had come to save his miserable life.
General Chongxuan Sheng was truly a man of his word, and Jiang Wang's reputation for faith and righteousness was truly dependable. Reinforcements had indeed come! And an Outer Tower had led the way, while a Divine Presence had arrived!
Great Qi Empire had not abandoned him, Liu Yitao!
Chongxuan Zun stopped Liu Yitao from rushing over to clutch at his thigh with a glance, his expression amused. "Great Qi's foremost prodigy? Did that surnamed Jiang say so himself?"
"Your younger brother told me so himself!" Liu Yitao decided to play the family card. "He admires you tremendously. He said you are a prodigy the Human Race sees only once in a thousand years, the greatest Divine Presence of all time..."
"Enough, enough." Chongxuan Zun turned his head and looked toward the distant sky, his tone carrying an inexplicable desolation. "You're saying you've already surrendered to Qi?"
"Yes, yes!" Liu Yitao said, beaming.
"The entire city has surrendered?"
"Yes, yes!"
"And there are still tens of thousands of prisoners?"
"Yes, yes!"
Chongxuan Zun rubbed at his teeth, his voice turning faintly dangerous. "I'm afraid those things won't be easy to prove."
Liu Yitao failed to catch the meaning and said eagerly, "I have the military merit record your younger brother personally wrote! It's