At the news that they would be staying to guard the camp, the faces of the two Metropolitan Graduates, Yun Dan and Nie Cheng, stiffened as though someone had splashed them with water and let it freeze.
But the expressions of the father and son, Yun Hu and Yun Ao, changed even more dramatically.
Even Fang Yun knew that Yun Dan and Nie Cheng were close to Yun Ao and often helped one another. On the surface, they had also called the late Yun Jie their brother, but in truth, their relationship with him had been nothing special.
Although the Everjoy Cloud Family, the Abundant Source Cloud Family, and the Nie Family had been allied for years, their children attended different academies from an early age. Rivalries between family branches, and between legitimate and concubine-born children, never ceased.
Fang Yun remained expressionless, but inwardly he knew his words had taken effect.
On the way to Axe Mountain, the family head, Yun He, had occasionally sought Fang Yun out for a chat. After all, Fang Yun was the last person to have seen Yun Jie, and he had brought the map straight to them rather than going to collect the Dragon-Pattern Rice himself. In Yun He's eyes, Fang Yun was the most upright young man in all the Bloodmang Ancient Land, and he trusted him completely.
On the second evening after their departure, their conversation had turned to Yun Ao, and Fang Yun had told him how Yun Ao had demanded the map. Yun He had said nothing. Fang Yun had not expected him to assign the Metropolitan Graduates guarding the camp ahead of time today.
Yun He was warning Yun Hu and Yun Ao!
The head of the Everjoy Cloud Family was Yun He!
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