Inside the Heavenly Prison.
Listening to Wang Anquan, Ren Ye asked in bewilderment, "The Martial Monk Supervisory Office not only houses Niu Dali's Personal Guards, but it's also North Wind Town's highest-level military command center. Civil officials, minor clerks, and military officers all work there, and even stay overnight. Add their families and servants, and there must be several hundred people in and around the place. With so many eyes everywhere, how could there be somewhere safe enough for you to hide that enormous sum of Star Source?"
Wang Anquan smiled, looking rather pleased with himself. "Heh, what you don't know is that the Warrior Monk Prefecture used to be the Divine Court's Path Protector Pavilion. What was that? The Divine Court would specially select some extremely high-realm Cultivators from the Ministry of War to remain stationed in North Wind Town. If fighting or some earth-shattering upheaval broke out in town, these Path Protectors could burn themselves out to keep North Wind Town safe. The Path Protector Pavilion was their permanent residence, where they could live undisturbed. In plain terms, it housed North Wind Town's strongest reserves, all experts at Intent Condensation."
"A year ago, only twelve Path Protectors were permanently stationed in North Wind Town. Their Dao Pavilion commander was a Sixth Grade Dao Touching expert, while all the others were Fifth Grade powerhouses. Then the situation around the Heavenly Capital began deteriorating, and North Wind Town was endangered too, so the Divine Court dispatched twelve more people and established two Dao Pavilion commander positions. Together, they led twenty-two Path Guardians stationed here to strengthen its defenses. These people didn't have to obey the Garrison Prefecture's orders, but they didn't meddle in military or political affairs either. They only appeared when they were needed."
"Of those two Dao Pavilion