Nanyang Commandery of the Dingbo Marquisate, and Seven Star Commandery of the Changning Marquisate.
At the border between the two commanderies, inside a spring-warm room in the Mountain Villa.
Sandalwood incense curled like smoke from a beast-shaped burner.
The brocade-robed young man in the seat of honor held a piece of warm jade, his eyes closed in light repose as he listened to the two commandery governors report on the fighting at the front.
"Within a month, he single-handedly breached sixteen cities and demonstrated mastery of puppets and talismans.
He even fought a Saint Master Realm expert with his Saint Warrior realm cultivation and escaped unscathed."
As he listened to this intelligence from the front concerning Gu Chenfeng, the City Lord of Black Iron City, the brocade-robed young man unconsciously rubbed the jade a little harder.
"Such astonishing talent, mastery of puppet arts, and an appearance on Xilin Commandery's southwestern border at such a convenient time.
This Gu Chenfeng really is a countermeasure Fourth Brother planted here in advance to oppose us."
The young man's eyes opened then, a cold gleam shooting from them.
"Fourth Brother, I underestimated you all this time. I never imagined you had hidden yourself so deeply."
His gaze shifted to the middle-aged man and the woman in green, murderous intent surfacing in his eyes.
"Commandery Governor Huang, Commandery Governor Yin, this man absolutely cannot be allowed to live!"
A strong sense of wariness rose in Second Prince Cao Sheng's heart.
Once, he had always felt that the Fourth Prince could contend with him only because of his family background.
Or perhaps their royal father had forcibly elevated Fourth Brother to maintain a balance. In his heart, he had always believed his own strategic ability far surpassed his rival's.
Only with Gu Chenfeng's appearance did he