"Meet the commandant's friend?"
Gu Chenfeng was somewhat surprised. Zhuo Zhengting promptly instructed a Personal Guard to lead the way for him.
Both Gu Chenfeng and the Four Great Experts were somewhat puzzled.
But the commandant had asked for him alone, so the others could hardly ask further questions, nor could they stop him.
Gu Chenfeng gave them a reassuring look, then turned and followed the Personal Guard out of the tent, heading toward the rear of the camp.
Only when they reached the tent at the center of several small tents near the camp's rear boundary did the Personal Guard stop.
There were no guards outside the tent. The Personal Guard stopped thirty feet away, instinctively starting to bow toward it before forcibly stopping himself and turning to Gu Chenfeng.
"Young brother, this is where the commandant's friend is staying. Go in yourself. I'll wait outside."
Gu Chenfeng nodded slightly.
"Thank you."
His gaze swept over the several silent tents surrounding this one, which seemed unoccupied.
Gu Chenfeng's eyes narrowed slightly. Finally, he strode up to the tent.
"I am Gu Chenfeng, here on the commandant's orders."
After a long silence inside the tent, a boy's somewhat youthful voice finally sounded.
"Come in."
Gu Chenfeng paused briefly, then lifted the flap and entered.
The tent was simple and spacious, with a desk and two chairs in the center.
A cluster of lifelike jade figurines crowded the desk.
At that moment, a fair-skinned, slightly plump youth in embroidered robes, about fifteen or sixteen years old, held a carving knife in one hand and a roughly shaped figurine in the other, carefully carving its details.
The youth's technique was practiced, his blade swift and steady. As stone chips flew, the figurine's details swiftly emerged like the lines of a sketch.
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