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Chu Xiang was beaten until his head spun, all his temper knocked out of him. Along with those guards of his who usually barked with their master's backing, he was hauled away by the garrison soldiers.

Before a real army, especially one that had been enraged and had a hard-line officer backing it, their little display of arrogance amounted to nothing. Earlier, they had merely been foxes borrowing a tiger's might.

Meanwhile, the soldiers and junior officers who had scoffed at Li Chen and whispered about him now looked at him differently.

They still thought him overbearing, but when that overbearing attitude was wielded on behalf of "their own," it felt entirely different.

"Tsk, who would've thought this Cheng fellow was so protective of his cubs?"

"His methods were a bit rough, but damn, that felt good!"

"Sure enough, it takes an even fiercer Imperial Capital brat to deal with an Imperial Capital brat!"

Even the tall, thin officer who had disliked Li Chen from the start folded his arms and snorted, grudgingly offering his assessment. "Hmph, typical spoiled-brat behavior! Still, at least he did something decent. But the Chu Lineage's influence has roots and branches everywhere. There'll probably be no end to the trouble afterward."

After this incident, the prestige of Commandant "Cheng Li," Li Chen's assumed identity, rose considerably within the garrison.

At the very least, the soldiers felt that although this young master was lazy, he truly dared to step up at a critical moment and could shoulder the consequences.

On the other side, fury had long since surged to the heavens within Chu Pengzhan.

He had traveled between the Imperial Capital and the Northern Frontier for years. With the Chu Lineage's name behind him, every faction would show him some respect. When had he ever suffered