Ninth Camp, Central Army Tent.
Chen Xian recounted what had happened that night, including how Zhong Lian had led men to ambush and kill them.
"Utter nonsense!" Zhong Lian roared. "You dare slander this general? This general has been resisting demons in the east all along. It was only because the Demon Slayer Soldiers on the central route were insufficient that Peng Lianqing was dispatched to assist there. How could I have gone to the west?"
"General Pei should know about this."
Pei Menglong frowned. "There was indeed such a matter. Peng Lianqing was dispatched to the west by Pei Gang, a commandant under this general."
Zhong Lian said angrily, "Even so, he should not have deliberately sent one of this general's officers to his death."
Pei Menglong stared at Chen Xian without speaking.
Pei Gang had already told him about what had happened that night.
Knowing Chen Xian as he did, Chen Xian had even killed the Young Wolf King. How could he have failed to stop a late Demon Lord Realm demon?
"This subordinate did not send him to his death. There were countless demons at the time. This subordinate had to kill demons while protecting the brothers under my command, leaving me no time to attend to anything else. How could that be called deliberately sending him to his death?"
"Chen Quanwu's death should be blamed on General Zhong Lian. If he had not suddenly tried to kill this subordinate and the brothers under my command, how would this subordinate have had no time to save him?"
Chen Xian fixed Zhong Lian with an icy stare and spoke without reservation.
"Outrageous!"
Zhong Lian shot to his feet in fury, pointing at Chen Xian as he shouted, "You cur, you still dare slander this general?"
Chen Xian ignored