Martial Cultivator

In front of the Left Guard’s office, silence fell once again.

Weng Quan took the waist tokens. There were over a dozen people, many of whom had served in the Left Guard for over ten years, while some had just joined the Left Guard in these recent two years.

They just looked at Chen Chao like this.

Those who did not move were also looked at Chen Chao. But, there was a sense of despondency in many people’s eyes.

Perhaps this was the most turbulent day in the Left Guard in the past twenty years. The commander killed the deputy commander, and many officials of the Left Guard were purged. Everything seemed to be heading towards the worst scenario.

That young commander did indeed obtain the official seal, enabling him to regain control of the Left Guard’s office. However, the entire Left Guard’s office appeared united outwardly, but was not divided at heart. Things were no longer the same as before.

Chen Chao stood in front of the Left Guard’s office, seemingly indifferent to the thoughts of these people. He just said, ”The first time this commander went to see the Lord Warden Commander, he told me that in the entire Great Liang Dynasty, only the Northern Frontier and the warden faction had no spies. But now, it seems he was wrong.”

Hearing Chen Chao mention the Lord Warden Commander, those officials became more attentive, lifting their heads to look at Chen Chao, their eyes showing a hint of emotion.

Ultimately, that Lord Warden Commander was the figure they revered like a god in their hearts.

”There are actually many spies in the warden faction.”

Chen Chao casually spoke, but this statement was like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, setting off a thousand ripples.

Regarding the understanding of spies, all officials in the Great Liang Dynasty had a unanimous view.

Which was that these spies were planted by foreign cultivators within the Great Liang Dynasty. These spies ate the Great Liang Dynasty’s rice, and drew the Great Liang Dynasty’s salaries, only to be helping the foreign cultivators in the end.

”Lord Commander, now that the Deputy Commander is dead, do you still want to cast aspersions on him?”

After having his waist token confiscated, Yu Hua did not immediately leave. In fact, he did not want to leave at all.

He looked at Chen Chao, understanding some things from Chen Chao’s words. He quickly spoke, interrupting everyone’s thoughts.

”There’s no evidence in death”, many times, it could be divided into two situations.

The officials of the Left Guard looked at Yu Hua and thought that it was only natural. With no evidence in death, what else was there to say?

Many of them now looked at Chen Chao with disappointment in their eyes.

Was this Lord Commander really going to act this way?

Chen Chao glanced at Yu Hua and casually said, ”He’s dead, but you’re still alive, aren’t you?”

Hearing this, Yu Hua narrowed his eyes slightly but remained composed. ”Lord Commander, is stripping this lowly official of my position not enough? Do you also want this lowly official’s life?”

”Yes, I want your life.”

As Chen Chao’s words fell, he took a step forward, extending his arm to grab Yu Hua.

Yu Hua’s expression changed abruptly. He instinctively retreated into the crowd, wanting to evade Chen Chao’s reach.

In an instant, Chen Chao’s powerful aura enveloped him, and then he forcefully dragged him out of the crowd.

Yu Hua fell heavily to the ground, and his internal organs were shaken painfully. However, he did not care about that at the moment and immediately shouted, ”Lord Commander, are you going to kill me to silence me? Is there still justice?!”

Chen Chao ignored him and simply threw a book to Weng Quan.

Weng Quan instinctively caught it, and after flipping through the book for a moment, his expression became increasingly ugly. He glared at Yu Hua with anger in his eyes, ”Yu Hua, as the Saber Envoy, how could you commit such deeds? Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?!”

His hands trembled, gripping the book tightly, finding it almost impossible to speak.

Seeing the normally obedient Weng Quan reacting this way, everyone became curious about the contents of the book that could provoke such a response from Weng Quan who had always been simple and honest.

”Turns out that you fucking caused the death of Li Dianshi!”

Weng Quan pointed at Yu Hua, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.

Mentioning Li Dianshi, the officials of the Left Guard widened their eyes, recalling that old incident.

At that time, there was an incident of demons harming people outside the Divine Capital. The Left Guard received information and dispatched officials to investigate. The ones in charge were Li Dianshi and Yu Hua. The Left Guard suffered heavy losses in that incident, and in the end, only Yu Hua returned to the Divine Capital. The others, including that Li Dianshi, had died.

Now, according to Weng Quan, was he telling everyone that Yu Hua was the one who caused Li Dianshi’s death?

Upon hearing the name Li Dianshi, Yu Hua’s expression changed. Seeing countless people staring at him right now, he immediately shouted angrily, ”Weng Quan, you’re making slanderous charges!”

”Everyone, don’t believe his one-sided story! This must be a scheme between him and Chen Chao, they want to frame and set me up!”

Yu Hua stared at Chen Chao fiercely, but Chen Chao did not even glance at him.

”In the past, I treated you like a brother. But it turns out you’re a spy!”

Weng Quan fixed his gaze on Yu Hua. If looks could kill, Yu Hua would have died countless times by now.

Weng Quan’s voice echoed in the snowstorm: Yu Hua was a spy.

Yu Hua’s face turned pale, but he still gritted his teeth and denied, ”I’m not a spy! You’re spouting lies and shamelessly framing me!”

Weng Quan was beyond furious, ”This is the investigation results from the Warden’s Office. It bears the seal of the Lord Warden Commander, who can forge that?!”

He raised the document in his hand. Indeed, it was an official document from the Warden’s Office, with no possibility of forgery!

Upon hearing this, Yu Hua’s complexion turned pale, and his eyes widened in disbelief. He never imagined that the book Chen Chao presented was not baseless accusations but solid evidence.

The investigation results from the Warden’s Office, this meant irrefutable evidence.

However, how could such a thing exist?

Even if it did, why would it be in Chen Chao’s possession?

Someone caught a glimpse of another name written on the book, and their expression changed slightly.

If all the names recorded in the book were spies, there must be more than one person.

”There’s also them, Chen You...”

Weng Quan stared firmly at the people present, uttering each name written in the book.

At this moment, the blizzard raged on, and many hearts grew cold.

There were many spies in the Left Guard’s office.

Most of these spies would be thoroughly identified today.

This was indeed the most extraordinary day in the many years that the Left Guard had existed.

But it was not necessarily the worst day.

The officials turned towards Chen Chao, gaining a little more understanding of this young commander.

This was not ordinary youth.

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……

In the carriage, a chessboard had been set up at some point, and two people had already begun playing.

Black and white chess pieces continuously clashed on the board, resembling intertwined black and white dragons.

The man in the blue robe said, ”Expected, yet also unexpected.”

The man under the black robe added, ”Thought he would surely win, but didn’t imagine it would be so simple.”

The man in the blue robe smiled, ”A youth who instills such fear in the foreign cultivators, easily defeating Lin Shan within the same realm, it doesn’t count as something surprising either. However, what’s truly remarkable is that he has concealed all his plans in his heart, step by step, taking over the Left Guard without dividing people’s hearts..”

They were aware of what had happened at the Left Guard’s office. In fact, it was a game of chess they had set up. However, the potential of the piece on the chessboard was viewed differently by the two players.

To the man under the black robe, while Chen Chao might take back the official seal, those spies could also instantly make him lose people’s trust. In other words, if Chen Chao could not completely control the Left Guard, today’s events would not be considered a victory.

The man in the blue robe placed a chess piece on the board and said, ”This is just the beginning. How will he choose after this?”