"These Warriors are utterly hateful! Defying orders was already a crime deserving death, yet they actually dared send people into the city to cause trouble!"
"If I catch them, I'll skin them, tear out their sinews, and hack them into eight pieces!"
At the end of February, Shang Yi hurried to a warehouse storing medicinal herbs with several others. By then, flames already towered into the sky, waves of fire rolling through the warehouse. It was beyond saving.
Although the head of the Shang Household was normally refined and courteous, the sight drove him to curse aloud, viciously damning the culprits who had set the fire.
The culprits' identities were not difficult to determine: they were Warriors. While everyone fought the fire, experts had already set off in pursuit, vowing to capture them and bring them to justice.
Before long, Fang Qianyuan arrived after hearing the news.
"Grand Commander, you're here. Someone doused this warehouse with phosphorus powder, and it burned like this in no time. I'm afraid we'll lose quite a few medicinal herbs. Fortunately, they're all ordinary mundane herbs. Anything that qualifies as spirit materials is kept somewhere more secret and secure." Seeing Fang Qianyuan, the head of the Shang Household approached and reported to him.
"Ordinary medicinal herbs have a broader range of uses, and they're what Human Rank soldiers use most often. This is no small loss either," Wen Qingfei, who accompanied Fang Qianyuan, could not help saying.
The head of the Shang Household turned to glance at her. Seeing that Wen Qingfei was around Fang Qianyuan's age and always stayed by his side, he suspected she enjoyed Fang Qianyuan's deep trust, and perhaps a relationship beyond ordinary friendship. He dared not offend her and could only give an awkward smile.
"Reporting to the household head!