"Miss, the matter has been taken care of!"

"good!"

Seeing Yan Han return safely, Dongfang Qingkong was in high spirits.

Next, we can just wait for news from Tiandu.

The Lingzong sect will certainly not have an easy time.

As for Changwu, although they failed to eliminate him, at least they beat him up, which was enough to vent their anger.

This idiot actually believed that nonsense about forming an alliance.

However, if the opportunity arises in the future, they might actually be able to get rid of Changwen and support this idiot to take power.

......

"Father...he's back!"

Changwu's face was beaten into a pig's head, and his entire body was covered in bruises.

All of this was partly Yan Han's deliberate act, and partly due to his own consent.

Compared to what the future holds, what are superficial injuries?

"Dongfang Qingkong is simply going too far."

They framed An'er and even beat my Wu'er.

"I will never let you get away with this!"

Seeing Changwu in such a miserable state, Changpingtai was furious.

"Dad... um, it's alright."

This beating is nothing, after all, we killed so many people from the four major families.

Don't fall out with the four major families over such a trivial matter; the bigger picture is what matters!

Changwu quickly spoke up to persuade him.

Dongfang Qingkong, that was his future ally.

If Father is determined to take action against Dongfang Qingkong, then things will go wrong!

"Wu'er, don't be afraid. I will definitely avenge you."

"If I can't defeat Li Fan, surely I can handle a mere girl from one of the four great families!"

Seeing how sensible Changwu was, Changpingtai's anger intensified.

not good!

This is bad news.

Changwu's heart skipped a beat.

But he dared not offer any more advice, lest he expose the truth.

Now all we can do is pray that the people behind Dongfang Qingkong can protect him!

"Father, what about my eldest brother? After all, that's Li Fan!"

Changwu asked.

"I have already asked the people from Tingfeng Tower to negotiate peace with Li Fan..."

Suddenly, Changping Tai stopped.

He looked at Changwu, his gaze sharpening. "How do you know Chen Xinchen is Li Fan? I didn't tell you that, did I?"

"Father, didn't you just say you couldn't defeat Li Fan?"

Changwu quickly explained.

I was careless!

They almost gave themselves away.

"Alright, go and rest now!"

"Father, I'll be going now!"

Changpingtai narrowed his eyes as he watched Changwu leave.

I have a feeling that something is not right.

But Changping Tai couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

Forget about it!

......

The sky over Tiandu was covered with dark clouds.

The atmosphere inside the Zhenwu Division was extremely heated.

"Grand Commander, the Martial Arts Alliance hasn't even fully progressed yet, and you're already thinking about merging with the Zhenwu Division headquarters? Isn't that a bit too hasty?"

“Apart from the South, the Sea, the Cloud, and the River, the other nine provinces either only have the framework of the Martial Arts Alliance or don’t have the Martial Arts Alliance at all.”

Bringing up a merger at this time is utterly absurd.

"It's not that I look down on those people from the martial arts world. They may be good at fighting and killing, but when it comes to maintaining order, how can they compare to us, the elites of the Zhenwu Division?"

The meeting lasted for three days.

The meeting's theme naturally revolved around the merger of the Zhenwu Division and the Martial Arts Alliance.

The result, naturally, was overwhelming opposition.

This is, after all, the Central Plains.

Most of the high-ranking officials in the Zhenwu Division are connected to the four major families.

In the council chamber, Dongfang Quanxing didn't even need to speak.

He sipped his tea slowly, watching the crowd argue fiercely.

The one who led the opposition was naturally Li Youcai.

Although the four major families lost the battle of Jiangzhou, he still believed that the four major families could win.

After all, there's no turning back now that they don't believe it.

"Grand Commander, although you have read more books than we have, you have never experienced the ways of the martial world."

There are many intricacies involved that you may not know.

I think you should worry less about the Zhenwu Division area.

After all, you've lost all your cultivation now, so you can just be a decorative vase.

The days pass by by reading books and giving lectures every day.

As for the Zhenwu Division, we can certainly manage it perfectly well!

Li Youcai's words directly revealed that Jiang Lan had lost all her cultivation.

The gazes of all the high-ranking officials of the Zhenwu Division present turned strange.

The governors of each prefecture under the Zhenwu Commandery are not obligated to forcibly eliminate Zhenshi.

But the cultivation level can't be too outrageous!

Moreover, Jiang Lan currently has no cultivation level.

How can someone like that lead the Zhenwu Division?

"Old man, do you want to die?"

Jiang Xue was furious!

Without a second thought, she drew her sword and stabbed at Li Youcai.

This sword strike was extremely fast.

Li Youcai was certain that he couldn't stop him.

The gap between the late stage of the tenth grade Dharma Manifestation and the perfect tenth grade Dharma Manifestation is too great!

Of course, he wasn't planning to block it.

He didn't believe Jiang Xue would dare kill him!

"Xiaoxue, come back!"

As Li Youcai had predicted, things turned out exactly as he had expected.

After Jiang Lan finished speaking, Jiang Xue sheathed her sword.

"Grand Commander Jiang, you need to give everyone an explanation for this!"

"Our Zhenwu Division doesn't let whoever has the biggest fist have the final say."

But with such limited cultivation, it's a bit unreasonable for you to be pointing fingers and giving orders!

"That's right! Grand Commander Jiang, this doesn't make sense!"

"Grand Commander, why don't you show me your skills?"

......

Questions and criticisms arose one after another.

A group of high-ranking officials from the Zhenwu Division launched an attack.

Jiang Xue's hand gripping the sword bulged with veins, as if she wanted nothing more than to kill all of these people.

But at the same time, she hated herself.

If I weren't so weak, my sister wouldn't have needed to pass on her cultivation to me.

If my sister doesn't pass on her cultivation, who among us can be her match?

Jiang Lan patted Jiang Xue, signaling her to accept the package.

She then stood up and looked at everyone: "Which law stipulates that one cannot become the Grand Commander of the Zhenwu Division without cultivation?"

"Jiang Lan, although there is indeed no rule."

But if word gets out that you have no cultivation, what will the world think?

Li Youcai launched another attack.

What do I care what the world thinks?

Jiang Lan looked directly at Li Youcai: "I'm just asking you, what impact will this have?"

"Hehe, Jiang Lan, you're too naive!"

"Without cultivation, which of those governors guarding a prefecture would obey your orders?"

Li Youcai sneered.

"Li Gongfeng, I don't like hearing what you're saying."

Who told you that a Grand Commander can't command his subordinates if he doesn't have cultivation?

She told me to go back to Tiandu, and I obediently came back, didn't I?"

Just then, the council chamber doors were pushed open.

Yan Mingshu strode over, snowflakes falling on his clothes.

"How dare you! Who do you think you are, to barge into the council hall of the Zhenwu Division?"

To be honest, Li Youcai had never met Yan Mingshu.

Or rather, many people present did not recognize Yan Mingshu.

After all, he held a very low official position when he left, and he wasn't worthy of much attention.

"This meeting seems to be of a very high level!"

It seems I, a mere acting governor of Zhenwu Commandery in Nanzhou, am not qualified to participate!

Yan Mingshu, his smile undiminished, said, "Why don't you all state your official titles? I'd like to get to know you gentlemen!"