peak.""Let me state upfront, my questions are purely for the purpose of understanding you better, fellow cultivator. Perhaps this will increase our success rate in refining elixirs.""Ancient friend, h...In the barracks of District Thirty-Three, all the guards had abandoned their posts and instead gathered here, standing in formation, silent and watchful ahead.

But standing directly in front of them were three men. They were Luò Yì, who had received Jiāng Yún's orders earlier, Fāng Míng, who had been injured by Jiāng Yún's voice during the grand competition, and another middle-aged man.

Of course, they were the three presidents under Lu Wenlin's command.

Both Luoyixi and Fangming's faces were incredibly calm, with Fangming even closing his eyes.

But his pale face was twisted, concealing no hint of the hatred in his heart.

At this moment, a hint of uneasiness appeared on the middle-aged man's face. He addressed Luo Yi and Fang Ming, saying, "The two of you, aren't we being a bit too much here"

That Fan Xiao, even though he's a newly appointed lieutenant general, is recognized by Lord Mo Ze and the Heavenly Marshal.

He injured General Lu through a normal challenge. All the adults, even Emperor Xing himself, witnessed it with their own eyes and did not punish him in any way.

Now that we disobey his orders, what if the two masters find out Then none of us will have a good ending!

Luoyi chuckled coldly, "Zhao Dapeng, there's no need to worry."

If only a few of us disobeyed Fan Xiao's orders, we might still have reason to worry.

But now our entire District Thirty-Three, over three thousand guards, we've all banded together. We work as one, and none of us will obey Fan Xiao's orders. Even if the Heavenly General knows, he won't do anything to us.

"The law doesn't punish a crowd, at most it would just scold us two."

Besides, the three of us had all applied to be transferred out of this Sector 33 before, and it was him who refused.

Since he knows very well that we would definitely not be willing to accept his command and refuses to let us leave, it shows that he is fully aware of what we are doing now.

Even, Heaven's Marshal should know this, but deliberately ignored it, just to see how Fan Xiao would resolve it.

At this point, a sly smile crept across Luo Yi's face: "If Fan Xiao fails to solve the problem and unify us, he might just roll back and become his little guard again."

Luo Yi's voice fell, Fang Ming also followed closely and slowly opened his mouth: "President Luo is right!"

"Zhao Dapeng, don't forget how Lord Lu treated us back then."

Now, Lord Lu has been beaten into a cripple by Fan Xiao and taken away by the Heavenly Marshal. His life or death remains unknown to this day.

"Our strength is no match for Fan Xiao. We cannot kill him and avenge Master Lu. At the very least, we must make him understand that not anyone can replace Master Lu's position!"

After hearing what Luoyi and Fang Ming had to say, Zhao Dapeng’s face remained troubled.

To be honest, although Lu Wenlin treated them well, he clearly saw Jiang Yun's strength and courage.

Even when facing Yan Tianqi, Jiang Yun's attitude was lukewarm. So how could these small fries hope to give him trouble and expect him to just swallow it

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Dapeng stammered, "What if, what if Fan Xiao doesn't relent and insists on dealing with us according to military regulations"

None of us can match him.

Zhao Dapeng's words made Fang Ming's eyes widen suddenly, a fierce cold light bursting from them. He gritted his teeth and said, "If he really dares to attack us, then we will kill him!"

Even if he's incredibly strong, he's only one person. We have over three thousand brothers!

Even if each of us spits just once, we could drown him. Let alone the fact that we have an army!

Looking into Fang Ming's cold gaze and hearing his words, Zhao Dapeng couldn't help but shiver.

Whoever commits treason, kill Fan Xiao!

This kind of behavior, in Heaven's Gate, is truly a great transgression, unforgivable.

Once the celestial generals become aware, all those involved will likely face severe punishment under military law.

Zhao Dapeng took a deep look at Fang Ming, realizing that the current Fang Ming was clearly in a state of madness.

He was only focused on getting revenge for Lu Wenlin, and he didn't care about anything else.

As if sensing Zhao Dapeng's gaze, Fang Ming's cold glint in his eyes and the ferocious expression on his face quickly receded. He smiled faintly and said: "Zhao Lao Di, rest assured, I'm not crazy!"

"This is District Thirty-Three, we're all brothers."

"As long as we stick to our story, claiming Fan Xiao deliberately made things difficult for us, trying to drive us to death. We had no choice but to fight back out of desperation in order to survive, and that's how we ended up killing him."

By then, Fan Xiao would be dead anyway, and we still have over 3,000 people. What do you think Even if Heaven's Marshal or even the Emperor himself came, what could they possibly do

"Are they going to court-martial us for the death of Fan Xiao, or will they downplay this incident to keep over 3,000 of our soldiers at ease"

Zhao Dapeng was stunned!

Indeed, even if they kill Fan Xiao, as long as everyone sticks to the same story and blames all the wrongdoing on Fan Xiao, even if Heaven and Earth refuse to believe it, with Fan Xiao dead and unable to speak up, there's no way they could be held accountable.

Fang Ming smiled and continued, "During the grand competition, Fan Xiao clearly wasn't eligible to participate. However, because thirty-eight guards spoke up for him, pleading with the Heavenly Marshal, he was given a special dispensation to allow Fan Xiao to take part."

"The reason Tian Shuaishi made an exception was not because he was afraid of those thirty-eight guards, but because he was afraid of the families behind those thirty-eight guards!"

"And we, over three thousand people, represent more than three thousand families!"

"If thirty-eight families can make the Heavenly Marshal break the rules once, then shouldn't our three thousand plus families be able to make the Heavenly Marshal break the rules again"

Zhao Dapeng fell silent completely.

Fang Ming is indeed not crazy. A madman could not have such logic, but Fang Ming now is even more terrifying than a madman.

He not only wanted to kill Fan Xiao, who had just been promoted to the rank of general, but he also intended to use the thirty-three thousand guards and their tribes as a means to intimidate Lord Tianshui.

Evidently, Fang Ming hates not only Jiang Yun but also Leng Yichen who didn't insist on the rules of the competition and made an exception for Jiang Yun, which almost resulted in Lu Wenlin's death!

But Zhao Dapeng knew better than anyone that at this moment, it was best for him to keep his mouth shut and say nothing more.

Because, once Fang Ming is pushed too far, the other party might even kill themselves!

At this time, Luoyi seemed to also realize that the atmosphere was not quite right. He smiled and said, "Two, now Fan Xiao has given us a minute's time, which has passed."

What do you think Fan Xiao will do, waiting for us so long

Fang Ming sneered, "I hope he has the guts to come here and find us!"

Zhao Dapeng tightly closed his mouth, not saying a word.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yun, who stood in front of the General's Mansion, sighed softly, "Alas, I truly don't want to kill."

Speaking, he walked step by step to the mansion gate, stood before the upright drumstick, took down the mallet, and muttered to himself: "The Heavenly Army Law is clearly stated, less than one drum beat, whip forty times, less than two drum beats, whip eighty times, less than three drum beats, beheading."

Let's see how long you can last!

As soon as the words left her mouth, Jiang Yun was already wielding the drumstick in her hand and struck the drum with all her might.

"Bang!"

The drums thundered, a roaring tempest shaking the heavens and earth!emise of fear in their hearts, the power they could exert was naturally greatly reduced.This made it much easier for Gingercloud to deal with these fifth-level demonic beasts than other cultivators.Th...