Wang Chong spotted the gates of Tongzhou Prefecture in the distance and let out a great sigh of relief.
Half a day earlier, Yegeluo Ye Hu had caught up with him. Fortunately, the invincible commander of the great grasslands had been alone. After exchanging more than twenty moves, Wang Chong had found an opening to break away and escape.
Wang Chong could distinctly feel that his martial arts had improved again. Though he was still no match for this veteran Innate Realm expert, he had far more confidence than during their first encounter.
Tongzhou Prefecture was naturally different from Pengshan County. Security was tight, soldiers crowded the walls and their approaches, and everyone coming and going was rigorously questioned. Wang Chong had barely shown himself when someone greeted him warmly. It was a brother from the Chrysanthemum-Slaying Alliance; he remembered that the man's surname was Zhu and his given name Hongru. With an acquaintance there to meet him, he entered the city with ease.
Having finally stepped into Tongzhou Prefecture, Wang Chong let out a great sigh of relief. To guard against surprise attacks by assassins from the great grasslands, the entire city was on a war footing. Not only had several thousand troops been stationed there, but several hundred martial artists were also present. Even if Yegeluo Ye Hu's martial prowess were twice what it was, he would never dare brave the danger alone.
This was Wang Chong's first visit to Tongzhou, but he was not without somewhere to go. He had two offices in Tongzhou Prefecture-after all, he was the head of a province's Ministry of Justice bureau as well as chief constable of the Sixteen Prefectures of Tongzhou. Very wisely, however, he chose to visit Li Qingge first.
The female master constable looked decidedly displeased. At the