Young Master Dai Greets You, Commander Yuan

"It is a pleasure to see you again."

In the dark secret chamber, a calm voice accompanied by footsteps reached the ears of the young scholar seated behind the desk.

Opening his eyes and looking at the middle-aged man slowly emerging from the shadows, Yuan Hao first showed a puzzled expression. Then a memory surfaced, and he smiled. "I remember you. Three years ago in Wanxiang City, you were only the leader of a bunch of street thugs. I never expected that in just three years, you'd climb this high."

"It is a great honor for Bai to be remembered by you."

Stepping out of the shadows, he came to a stop beneath the flickering candlelight.

The middle-aged man in luxurious robes paid no mind to the disdain in the other man's words. Back then, though he had been the emperor of Wanxiang City's underworld, to someone like Yuan Hao, even his former subordinates could indeed only be considered a gang of thugs. "However, everything Bai has today was bestowed by the Young Master."

"Is that so?"

Yuan Hao chuckled as he stroked his chin, cutting straight through the pleasantries. "Let's leave it at that. Third Young Master had you send me out of the Heaven Origin Mountain Range—surely he isn't planning to transfer me somewhere else on the eve of battle?"

Though Yuan Hao had been personally appointed by the Prime Minister as commander-in-chief of the entire Hongnong war zone, considering Third Young Master's standing within the Prime Minister's Mansion, being suddenly sent away at such a critical time still left Yuan Hao feeling uncertain.

Though changing commanders before a battle was a grave military taboo, the Black Scale Army had at least two other generals besides him who could command the Hongnong campaign. Compared to him, whether those