Upon the solemn and reverent sacrificial rite, divine sense suddenly streaked through the air, messages enough to shake court and country darting among the upper ranks of Yue Kingdom.
Bian Liang, commander of the Yue Armor, made an urgent report: "An anomaly has occurred at Hidden Prime Peak. The Right Censor-in-Chief appears to have awakened and is fighting Chu envoy Zhongli Yan! Should we immediately activate the Nation-Protecting Array to intervene? The Yue Armor battle formation is ready, and this general can lead troops there at any time!"
Forty-five this year, Bian Liang was a pillar of Yue Kingdom's military. The Yue Armor under his command numbered only three thousand core troops, yet had more than thirty thousand auxiliaries. Every one of those three thousand core armored soldiers was extraordinary, practicing special arts passed down and continually refined through generations of Yue Kingdom. They were adept in the foremost battle formations of the mainstream military path. They could be called superbly trained; never failing in an assault, always seizing the banner in battle—the foremost force for breaking enemy lines in Yue Kingdom.
By any measure, Bian Liang, who commanded such an army, stood among Yue Kingdom's absolute highest ranks.
But he knew nothing of the matter of this Ge Fei not being that Ge Fei.
Since ancient times, when secrets were not kept, harm would come of it.
Before Gao Zheng died, only he and Emperor Wen Jingxiu knew of Ge Fei's affairs. After Gao Zheng's death, Gong Zhiliang became the sole additional person in the know—only because Wen Jingxiu, as Yue Kingdom's Son of Heaven, drew the eyes of the world and could not move freely in every action. To lay out plans and place the pieces, he had no choice but to involve Gong Zhiliang and have him