True Lord Chongxu let out a long sigh, his face filled with helplessness.
He shook his head and laid the Expulsion Order Document in his hand on the desk.
Under another man's eaves, one had no choice but to bow one's head.
Beside him, Qingpeng True Person kept his eyes lowered to his nose and his attention on his heart, saying nothing.
The atmosphere was oppressively stifling.
Young Master Lingxu's chest heaved violently, resentment and defiance gleaming in his eyes.
He abruptly rose and paced back and forth inside the cramped command tent, then suddenly stopped, a sinister, cunning look crossing his face.
"That Qing Chen... wasn't he such a great fighter? Wasn't he so impressive?"
Lingxu kept his voice extremely low, yet it carried a kind of hysterical madness.
"Wasn't that old dog Jia Daoyi scared to death of him? Fine!"
True Lord Chongxu's eyelid twitched sharply. An extremely ominous premonition rose in his heart, and he said gravely,
"Lingxu! What are you planning? Don't do anything reckless! We're already in dire straits. One wrong step, and we'll plunge into a bottomless abyss!"
"Reckless?"
Lingxu scoffed, his gaze drifting toward Qiong Prefecture. "How are we any different from cannon fodder on the front lines now?
"Purple Spider True Lord's army is ahead of us, and that bastard Jia has cut off our provisions, pay, and supplies from behind!
"With no way forward or back, we might as well muddy this whole pool thoroughly!"
His voice sank still lower, taking on an almost beguiling quality as he leaned forward slightly. "Martial Uncle, Azure Roc, think carefully...
"What if Purple Spider True Lord, who is stationed over in Qiong Prefecture, were to 'happen' to learn a top-secret piece of information right now?
"That scoundrel Qing Chen has transferred the entire main