Jiang Changbin cried out involuntarily, "Teacher, you mean him?"
"Keep your voice down."
He Yuanyue sounded somewhat displeased. "Jumping at every little thing-is that all the composure you have as director of the Star Shield Bureau?"
Jiang Changbin nodded repeatedly. Sweat had already formed rivulets on his bald head. His mouth felt dry and sticky, and even his throat was parched. He murmured, "That's Shang Qingyun... the head steward of the Governor's Residence, Governor Wan Pingyuan's elder sworn brother. He was already a peak Infant Transformation expert forty years ago. In terms of combat strength, even if he isn't the foremost in Phoenix City, he's still among the top three..."
As he spoke, the sweat on his face nearly blurred his eyes.
He Yuanyue murmured, "Shang Qingyun..."
Jiang Changbin drew a deep breath, wiped away his sweat, and continued:
"Legend has it that back then, the region around Phoenix City, South Ji City, and Antai City was almost entirely the domain of the Blackwater Wolf Bandits. Government decrees could scarcely be enforced. When Wan Pingyuan first took office, the three cities joined forces to wipe out the Blackwater Wolf Bandits. The decisive battle against the bandits that day could truly be called earth-shaking."
"And when the Wan family came under attack by the Blackwater Wolf Bandits and faced imminent extermination, Shang Qingyun stepped forward and saved every member of Wan Pingyuan's household."
"Later, during the campaign in which Wan Pingyuan gathered forces to wipe out the Blackwater Wolf Bandits, Shang Qingyun pledged his life to fulfill his military orders and charged at the forefront. Alone, with a single sword, he cut his way through nine successive mountain strongholds occupied by the Blackwater Wolf Bandits!"
"In that battle, more than seven thousand Blackwater Wolf Bandits died directly beneath Shang Qingyun's sword,