The outskirts of the Imperial Capital were destined to be anything but peaceful tonight.
Large numbers of Huangfu Lineage guards appeared around Roosting Phoenix Mountain.
Not only did they seal off the entire Mountain Peak, they also launched a blanket search of the surrounding hundred li.
They set up checkpoint after checkpoint on Roosting Phoenix Mountain and even along the roads leading toward the Imperial Capital, completely sealing off the area.
In the end, however, Huangfu Yun did not get the result he wanted.
The search had only reached its halfway point.
A thousand armored cavalrymen drove straight toward Roosting Phoenix Mountain like a torrent of steel.
They were troops of the Tiger Guard, one of the Twelve Imperial Guard Divisions.
The Imperial Guard entered the area sealed off by the Huangfu Lineage without restraint and were immediately intercepted by the lineage's guards.
A clash broke out, and dozens of Huangfu Lineage guards were killed on the spot.
The incident naturally alerted Huangfu Yun.
Now, he stood with Black Dragon, Guest Elder Xu, and the others, leading a large contingent of Huangfu Lineage guards in a standoff against the Tiger Guard.
Surrounded by his people, Huangfu Yun looked toward the thousand armored cavalrymen ahead.
Though the force numbered only a thousand, every soldier wore excellent armor and was armed to the teeth.
All their warhorses were of fine bloodstock, and the soldiers were well trained, with considerable cultivation.
They stood ahead in a semicircular formation. Only the breathing of warhorses and the fluttering of banners could be heard; the silence was terrifying.
It was precisely this silence that exerted an intense sense of pressure.
It seemed that at the slightest rash movement, the thousand armored cavalrymen ahead would sweep forward with the crushing force of thunder.
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