Zhang Tie had just been lamenting in secret that he had no capable people at hand when Bai Suxian brought him good news. It truly was like someone delivering a pillow just as he had grown sleepy...
Zhang Tie sprang from his chair and asked eagerly, "They're here already?"
"They were living in Mysterious Heaven City to begin with, not far from here. I went and brought them over. What are you so excited about?"
"Haha, of course I'm excited. This is a gift my future father-in-law had my brother-in-law deliver to me, and it happens to solve my pressing need. How could I not be excited?" Zhang Tie rose from his chair, went over and wrapped an arm around Bai Suxian's waist, then smacked a kiss onto her cheek. "My wife truly is her husband's capable helpmate!"
Bai Suxian's heart blossomed with joy. Zhang Tie's praise made her whole face glow, though she still said, "You pest..."
Seeing Bai Suxian's alluring, captivating expression, Zhang Tie felt the last trace of worry and vexation in his heart swept away in an instant. He had friends, brothers, backing, connections, a way out, and such a capable wife at his side—what was there left to worry about? So what if it was the Holy War? When soldiers came, generals would block them; when water came, earth would dam it. Who was afraid of whom?
"Come, let's go take a look right now!" Zhang Tie said high-spiritedly.
"Look at what?"
"Those deathsworn, of course!"
"It would be better to have them come here for you to inspect." Bai Suxian looked around the ancestral hall's main chamber and nodded. "This place is spacious. If they stand a little closer together, it can hold two thousand people easily. Since those people have already been given