Monarch Night

On the way back.

Zuo Guanglie asked excitedly, "What do you think, Fang Che?"

"Everything else is fine, but the biggest one, you and I can't handle it,"

Fang Che said steadily, "If we insist on going for the meat, we might end up failing ourselves. So we need to plan carefully."

"Exactly, better to play it safe with the biggest one. We can't let what happened last time happen again," Zuo Guanglie said.

"Indeed. If necessary, we'll just notify the War Hall for an encirclement. We can just enjoy the leftover soup," Fang Che suggested.

"That's fine, but this time the share is yours. I won't take any,"

Zuo Guanglie said.

He was very serious about this point.

Fang Che had to agree, "Alright, then we'll take action together on the other families."

"Good!"

Zuo Guanglie's eyes lit up.

"Well, there's no time to lose!"

"Alright!"

That night.

The entire Baiyun State War Hall gathered, with the first Vice Hall Master Chen Ru Hai personally overseeing, War Hall Master Yuan Jingjiang leading the team, hundreds of experts charged into the night.

At the same time.

Fang Che, Zuo Guanglie, Zhao Ying'er, Jing Xiuyun, and a large group of stewards started a joint operation.

That night.

Intense battles erupted in eight or nine places across Baiyun State!

The newly established sub-branches of sects like the San Sheng Sect, Mingguang Sect, Menghu Gang, Youlong Gang, and others under the Demon Sect were uprooted by the people from the Guardian Hall!

All the demon race of the sub-branches of the Demon Sect were slaughtered!

This also included more than twenty Shi family's sons from the headquarters of the Demon Sect!

All were wiped out.

The Steward Hall had great achievements in battle.

However, what surprised the Baiyun State Guardian Hall the most was... the big catch personally overseen by the Vice Hall Master turned out to be a sub-branch of the Yemo Sect!

Not only that, but the stationed one was actually a Ninth-Grade Sword King!

Chen Ru Hai personally took action and killed the Ninth-Grade Sword King Liu Hanshan on the spot. The other sub-branch members were swept clean!

That night was called "Thunder Action"!

A total of six demon sect sub-branches were struck, two incense halls, five major strongholds, seven hundred demon followers were slain!

A glorious victory!

When the stewards returned with their merits, the War Hall people also returned.

The crowd was so excited that no one slept until dawn!

Guardian Hall Master Song Yidao was radiant, rewarding those who had made contributions on the spot, and also holding a celebration banquet that night.

He had already decided that from now on, Baiyun State truly had no sub-branch organizations of any Demon Sect.

Even if there were, they were just small strongholds, small incense halls, and so on, not worth worrying about.

As long as careful investigations were carried out, finding them and fishing them out would be just right.

Baiyun State once again became a vacuum area for the Wei Wo Zheng Sect to some extent.

Moreover, a king-level sub-branch of the Yemo Sect was destroyed!

This was a great achievement.

The Baiyun State Guardian Hall received a precious Guardian nomination!

Now, all the experts qualified to be promoted to Guardians were eyeing the Guardian nomination in Lord Hall Master's hand!

Who would this nomination go to?

...

Fang Che gained another three thousand three hundred merit points.

His points grew to fourteen thousand four hundred and seventy.

He had just been promoted to a Second level Steward, and the promotion ceremony hadn't been held yet, but he was already aiming for First level Steward!

This promotion speed made everyone extremely envious.

The achievements were reported to Southeast Headquarters immediately.

Chief Zhao Shanhe of the Headquarters was overjoyed and immediately gave instructions.

That night, at the Baiyun State Guardian Hall's celebration meeting and banquet, hundreds of tables were neatly arranged, and a podium for awarding prizes was set up.

Everyone gathered as the banquet was laid out.

A special envoy from the Southeast Headquarters, also the Vice Chief of the Southeast, came to preside and offer congratulations.

The Deputy Chief An Ruoxing was a handsome, tall, middle-aged man.

He looked only about thirty, but anyone could feel the aura of strength around him.

It was a vast power like the sea!

Zhan shen Sword, An Ruoxing.

Fang Che listened to the introductions and admired this Zhan shen Sword greatly.

Who would believe that such a young man was over a thousand years old?

Everyone stood solemnly by their tables.

An Ruoxing spoke on the stage.

"This is a great victory!"

"As always, let's follow our Guardian's tradition, ugly words first. This victory is not small, and neither are the achievements; several Demon sect sub-branches were taken out, but one must acknowledge that while the sub-branches are gone, there are still demon followers, especially those from the Wei Wo Zheng Sect Headquarters, hiding in Baiyun State."

"Moreover, since Yemo appeared in Baiyun State, more demon followers will come, that's for sure!"

"So, our task is still tough. The situation for our [brothers] is still dangerous, the safety of the hundreds of millions of Baiyun State's people is still the top priority!"

"Everyone! Baiyun State is now the vortex center, please, everyone hold on!"

An Ruoxing saluted on stage.

Instantly, many below had tears in their eyes.

"Not hard!"

"First of all, I, on behalf of the Southeast Headquarters, salute the heroes in the Baiyun State Guardian Hall who sacrificed for the people's safety and peace! May the heroic souls rest in peace! Thank you for your lifetime of contribution!"

Everyone stood up straight.

Salute.

Amidst the crowd, there was a solemn silence, with the faint sound of tears falling to the ground.

Unbearably solemn.

"Salute over!"

An Ruoxing said, "The deceased have departed and are now at peace, but those of us who are alive must take up their burden and continue to forge ahead!"

"Come rain or shine!"

"But, every home's light is on my shoulders!"

An Ruoxing announced loudly.

"The life and death of the people are on me!"

The crowd below roared, wave upon wave.

An Ruoxing took a deep breath: "Therefore, everyone. Until death do us part!"

He bowed deeply.

"Until death do us part! Until death do us part! Until death do us part!"

Everyone shouted uniformly, their blood boiling! A sense of righteousness seemed to pierce the heavens!

An Ruoxing raised his hand, signaling for calm.

It quieted immediately.

He smiled and said, "Now let's talk about serious matters. I've brought commendations for you. Ugly words first, commendations are given last, as is our style."

Amid light laughter, An Ruoxing said with a smile, "Congratulations to everyone!"

"Next is the commendation!"

"Firstly, on behalf of... Congratulations to Baiyun State Guardian Hall..."

"Congratulations..."

"Congratulations..."

"Congratulations to Fang Che for his outstanding contribution in this operation; Steward Fang is promoted to Second level Steward. I'm fortunate to host Steward Fang's promotion ceremony personally."

"Steward Fang, please come on stage."

Amidst thunderous applause.

Fang Che strode up the stage.

An Ruoxing, with a kind smile, personally awarded Fang Che a badge and embedded a silver star in the collar of Fang Che's uniform.

From now on, Fang Che was a Guardian's Silver Star Steward.

Now a Second level Steward.

A First level Steward is a Golden Star.

"Because of Steward Fang's outstanding merit, the Southeast Headquarters has decided to specially award him merit points..."

Reading up to here, An Ruoxing suddenly stopped.

His eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at the instructions on the Communication Jade in his hand.

Then he actually took out the Communication Jade and checked it right there.

After looking at it, he said apologetically, "Everyone, please wait a moment."

He flew directly out of the window, not knowing what to do.

The crowd immediately started whispering among themselves.

What was going on?

During Steward Fang's promotion ceremony, when he was still on stage, the ceremony host just left?

What happened?

Something like this has never been seen in history.

...

An Ruoxing flew out the window and immediately activated his soul wave, using the Communication Jade to contact Zhao Shanhe.

"What's going on? Did you make a mistake with the reward for Fang Che?" An Ruoxing asked.

"No mistake."

"Just twenty merit points reward?" An Ruoxing asked incredulously.

"Yes, just twenty!" Zhao Shanhe replied on the other end, without any doubt.

An Ruoxing became furious, "Zhao Shanhe, are you messing with me?"

"Show respect to your superior!"

"Respect your ass!"

An Ruoxing, extremely furious; "You award twenty merit points, do you call that a reward? That's an insult! If I knew you were rewarding twenty points, I'd have you do it yourself! Why have me do it?"

"But you've already gone, and I showed you the commendation order before you left."

Zhao Shanhe said calmly, "Why didn't you speak up then? What were you doing?"

An Ruoxing was almost livid, "I didn't even look... I never thought you'd actually go through with rewarding just twenty merit points?"

"That's your issue!"

Zhao Shanhe said, "Deputy Chief An, please strictly follow the orders from the Southeast Headquarters! Do not make arbitrary changes! This is an iron command from the Southeast Headquarters!"

An Ruoxing wanted to say more, but Zhao Shanhe cut off all communication.

An Ruoxing stood in the night sky, looking at the dense crowd waiting below for him to continue reading the award, and felt the most embarrassed he'd ever been in his life!

He never dreamed that Zhao Shanhe would be so unreasonable!

He'd heard that some super family had issues with Fang Che, and that family had ties to Zhao Shanhe, so Zhao Shanhe was cooperating with the suppression.

Originally, An Ruoxing didn't believe it, thinking someone as upright as Zhao Shanhe wouldn't do such a thing.

But now, he believed it!

Because the evidence was in his hands.

Zhao Shanhe, Zhao Shanhe, you really are up to no good.

An Ruoxing's face turned blue.

Why did he volunteer for this? Now it's such a shame!

I, the dignified Vice Chief of the Southeast, come to announce a twenty-merit-point reward?

Isn't this an insult?

Where couldn't someone get twenty merit points?

An Ruoxing was puzzled; he only wanted to return and open Zhao Shanhe's head to see how his brain circuits worked!

How could such a screwed-up thing be done?

But seeing so many people waiting inside.

An Ruoxing took a deep breath and activated the Calming Divine Skill.

Anyway... being embarrassed is inevitable this time!

But the task must be done. Leaving someone on stage is out of the question, right?

An Ruoxing flew back in and stood on the podium.

He apologized with a smile, "There was an urgent matter... so I went out to discuss with the Chief."

The crowd suddenly understood.

So that's how it was.

They then wondered what urgent matter made you not even finish a sentence?

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