Near midnight, the A and B Divisions of the Patrol Bureau's Northern Route Left Office, along with Northchang County's constables and militia, poured out in full force. More than six hundred men carrying weapons or magical artifacts headed straight for Willow Smoke Street and surrounded Spring Dawn Tower and the Ten-Thousand Flowers Tower.
At Li Qingxian's command, the troops stormed inside, throwing both towers into chaos.
Several fireworks shot into the sky, lighting up Northchang County's deep night amid cries of battle.
Before long, the Ministry of Justice's men set out, cursing and grumbling. Without bothering with tactics, they charged straight at the Great Passage Martial Academy.
Fireworks burst one after another above the Great Passage Martial Academy. A battle far fiercer than the one on Willow Smoke Street began, with flashes of light from spells, martial techniques, and Battle Poetry constantly blazing.
Meanwhile, Night Guard reinforcements from the capital to the south and the North Prosper Guard to the west rushed toward Northchang County, heading for an open area one li from the Great Passage Martial Academy to assemble.
The strongest enemies in Spring Dawn Tower and the Ten-Thousand Flowers Tower were merely two Seventh Ranks. Before Jing Guan and the Seventh Rank deputy office chief could even take a step, Li Qingxian numbed both enemies with a handful of Thunder Talismans.
Once the arrests were successfully completed, the force headed straight for the assembly point.
Across Northchang County, people scrambled onto rooftops one after another, watching the battles from afar and guessing at their cause.
Li Qingxian arrived at the assembly point, and the three parties verified their credentials.
The Night Guard had dispatched two Fourth Rank deputy bureau chiefs, twelve middle-rank cultivators, over a hundred lower-rank cultivators, and five hundred elite soldiers who had yet to attain