Qing Chen watched Jia Daoyi hovering in midair, his face expressionless.
A Dharma Nascent Soul cultivator, the Prefectural Assistant of Anman Prefecture and a Subordinate Fifth Rank official, had lowered himself to speak this way to a mere Golden Core deputy general;
he had even personally dealt with a minor clerk under his command.
To anyone else, this was an enormous show of respect, beyond the slightest reproach.
Yet deep down, Qing Chen remained coldly clearheaded.
Deep within his divine sense, information about this man surfaced from the Jade Slip Tie Ming had given him:
Jia Daoyi, a cultivator of the Infinite Extremity Devil Palace who had later entered the Immortal Dynasty's service as an official.
Qiongzhou and Southern Yue were, to begin with, places where the Infinite Extremity Devil Palace's influence was entrenched.
More importantly, this man and Qing Guhong were fellow disciples, both taught by Xue Busi, a Nascent Soul elder of the Infinite Extremity Devil Palace!
So this was where the root lay.
All the obstruction and neglect now had a clear explanation.
Qing Chen cupped his hands slightly, his tone betraying no emotion. "Prefectural Assistant Jia, you put righteousness before personal ties and faithfully discharge your duties. You have my admiration."
He seemed not to have heard the other man's declaration about "exterminating three generations of his family" at all.
His words abruptly changed tack, and a Jade Slip wreathed in grim killing intent appeared in his hand.
With a slight surge of spiritual power, light flowed across the Jade Slip, and a cold, iron-blooded pressure instantly spread;
it was none other than the aura of Sea-Calming General Wei Ting!
"Since you understand the greater good so well, Prefectural Assistant, surely you also know that military affairs burn like fire, and Commander-in-Chief Wei's orders stand like