Lord of the Desert

Chapter 502 Guide
In the western part of the capital, Cunming Lane.

The government office on the north side has white walls and black tiles and occupies a large area, but there are no stone beasts at the entrance, only a low-key plaque.

[Supervision Yuan].

This department was established outside the eight departments of the imperial court, and few people knew how unfathomable it was. As it was far away from the lives of ordinary people, there were many pedestrians outside the alley, and children would often run by holding windmills.

Inside the Supervisory Council, Huanshen Pavilion.

Guan Qianjian sat quietly on the soft couch, his breathing and heartbeat stopped, as if he had fallen into eternal sleep, only the purple arc of light between his eyebrows flickered from time to time, revealing a little life.

Beneath, bee, bee.

There was a gentle knock on the door, and it took several minutes before there was a response.

"Come in."

The wooden door opened a narrow crack, and a middle-aged man with a ponytail and a purple birthmark on the left side of his face flashed in.

It was Hu Lumen, the third-rank Inspector of the Supervisory Yuan.

"Yuan Zun."

He bowed, sat down on the wooden chair behind the table, and waited quietly.

After dozens of seconds, Guan Qianjian finally opened his eyes, his eyes were bloodshot and he looked exhausted.

"You came back quickly this time."

He glanced at his beloved general, then closed his eyes.

There was no movement in the room, but the calming incense on the high table in the corner suddenly ignited, emitting winding silver smoke.

"I am dedicated to the public and will be on standby at any time."

Hu Lumen chuckled and asked curiously.

"Your Excellency, I just saw Night Owl and Ghost Car in the courtyard. Are the two from the Submerged Snake Sect gone?"

"gone."

Guan Qianjian replied.

"They have not evaded the surveillance of the academy since they entered Shenjing City. They spent money to buy the blood of three royal family descendants and then left."

"Aren't we doing anything?"

Hu Lumen spoke tentatively.

"What? Everyone is just trying to find their own way out. The world is still undecided, and I can't insist that everyone else's path is wrong, right?"

Guan Qianjian closed his eyes and laughed.

"It's just a little dragon blood. It won't be a waste if we give it to them to try. By the way, why did you reject the good family that Xiao Cheng introduced to you before? It's not nice for a Yuanci Master to always spend the night in a place with fireworks."

He said with a hint of reproach.

"Your Excellency, I am a carefree person by nature, and my face is disfigured, so it is normal that I am not liked by the girl. Besides, if we really want to get married, I am afraid that I will disappoint her."

Hu Lumen's words were very certain.

"Alright, I don't care about your private affairs. Let's get back to the point. I want to ask you to come here for something important."

Guan Qianjian shook his head slightly and his expression returned to calm.

"Just an hour ago, Guan Qimai wanted to send Hong Fan to Zi Wuchang to retrieve the "Divine Evil Canon", and now he has already set out."

"How does this work?"

Hu Lumen's face darkened.

"Given Zi Wuchang's environment, if Hong Fan doesn't have the ability to come out, it will be difficult to find Mingxingluo inside."

"Yeah, that kid is blackmailing me."

Guan Qianjian sneered.

"There are many talented people in the Zhangwu Academy, but he chose to send Hong Fan to force me to send him a nanny. I have to give the Zhangwu Academy a good warning after this, lest Guan Qimai gets greedy and always thinks of using these trivial matters to distract me."

"In that case, the dean is looking for me to be the nanny."

Hu Lumen pointed at himself.

"You just asked me about my blind date, but it turns out you were just answering casually."

He pretended to be aggrieved.

"Yes, you have been to Zi Wu Chang three times, so you are experienced. It won't be difficult to get him out."

After Guan Qianjian finished giving the important instructions, he couldn't help but laugh.

"With your talent, if you really want to start a family, it would be easy for me to introduce you to a daughter of a royal family."

"That's not necessary."

Upon hearing this, Hu Lumen stood up as if he was escaping.

"I am not worthy of being honored by your honorable status as Princess and Lady. I will leave now..."

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Three days later, February 17th.

Shenjing is more than 4,000 miles northeast of the capital, outside the border of Jingze City in Hanzhou.

Hong Fan stood on the mountainside, with endless primeval forest in front of him.

Every time the long wind blows by, it stirs up the forest waves like lines, like the nerve signals of some huge green life form.

Ten miles away, thick fog shrouded the mountains.

The fog seemed ordinary at first glance, but only after staring at it for a long time could one discover that there was a layer of very light purple light film covering it, making it difficult to tell whether it was real or fake.

That is exactly the boundary of Zi Wuchang.

Hong Fan arrived here two days ago. At that time, 20,000 troops went east across the border and blocked Zi Wuchang's side close to Dahua, while the Hejian army was also stationed to the north.

Inspired by the reward from the Zhangwu Academy, the three garrison armies have all sent out scout teams to conduct in-depth investigations, but none have returned so far.

The waves in the forest rise and fall continuously, like the mumbling of a mountain in a dream.

The sound of footsteps came from far to near.

"Master Zhang, what's going on?"

Hong Fan turned around and looked at Zhang Chaohan, the assistant commander of the Hanzhou Martial Academy, who was striding towards him.

"Apart from our people, there are two more groups of people who have gone in, openly or secretly."

The latter replied.

Zi Wuchang can enter from all directions, and the area is so large that the most we can do to identify his whereabouts is by traces of humans and animals, so it is impossible to surround and kill him.

"Including Wu Zepu, there are at least six groups of people in Zi Wu Chang."

Hong Fan nodded, his face solemn.

"There is also good news. The guide from the Overwatch Council has arrived and is waiting in the big tent."

Zhang Chaohan said.

Upon hearing this, Hong Fan knew that Guan Qimai was telling the truth, and he felt relieved.

The two of them returned to the big tent together and saw a middle-aged man with a blue-purple birthmark on the left side of his cheek. He looked exhausted and was leaning back in an armchair with half of his boot still on the chair.

"This is the guide who just arrived today from the Overwatch Council, Hu, Hu, the pacification envoy. He has the innate second level of cultivation and has been in and out of the Purple Impermanence many times."

Zhang Chaohan extended his hand and introduced him, speaking with a dialect accent and having some stammers.

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

He looked apologetic.

"It's okay, it's okay. This name is hard to pronounce. I should blame myself for forcing my mother to go to Lumen Temple in my hometown to pray for a child."

Hu Lumen laughed.

"I didn't expect that Brother Hu actually worked at the Supervisory Yuan."

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Hong Fan bowed and smiled.

"I didn't expect that the person who came to help was Mr. Hong."

Hu Lumen flicked his clothes, stood up and returned the greeting.

"When are we leaving?"

He asked directly.

"Time waits for no one, so the sooner the better. Brother Hu, you've been running around for days, do you need a rest?"

Hong Fan also gave up being polite.

"After all, I have been in the Qi realm for many years, so I shouldn't be so fragile."

Hu Lumen laughed.

"Then now."

Hong Fan gave the order solemnly.

The two men returned to the military tent, where twenty-four elite soldiers from the state had been waiting for a long time.

Hong Fan introduced Hu Lumen and a group of temporary subordinates to each other.

"I am Lai Huazang, the head of the Martial Academy in Hanzhou, and the captain of the first team."

The speaker is over fifty years old, mature and steady, revealing the prudence of a man with a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

"I am Jia Yuchen, the steward of Hanzhou Martial Academy, and the captain of the second team."

The speaker was about thirty years old, in the prime of life, and full of the desire to make a name for himself.

"I am Xu Ziang, a Red Ribbon Cavalry officer of the Hanzhou Martial Academy, and I am the captain of the third team."

The speaker is in his early twenties, in the prime of his life, yet hesitant about the uncertain future.

From an execution perspective, these twenty-four people are already the best configuration that Hanzhou Martial Arts Academy can come up with.

All of them are equipped with Xuan-level weapons. Those in Guantong realm wear sea beast armor produced in Zhanzhou, and those in Hunran realm even wear the leather armor of Four-Sacrificing Snakemen. They also carry first-class elixirs, wound medicines, and poisons.

Not to mention personnel costs, the total cost of clothing and other items alone is nearly 15,000 strings of cash.

But with the Tianren Martial Code in front of us, if other parties dare to take advantage of the wrath of the Martial Academy, their investment will surely not be low.

At the beginning of Shen Shi.

Deep in the woods, more than a thousand sharp guards stood in silence.

Three hundred meters away, Hong Fan, dressed in a purple silk robe, looked at the fog in the distance and saw that it was expanding and shrinking like a living thing.

Behind him was Hu Lumen with his arms folded and twenty-four members of the Martial Arts Academy.

The commander Zhang Chaohan wanted to go forward to see them off, but the general of the garrison next to him just shook his head.

"It seems that we can only send it here."

He bowed heavily and tried to speak the farewell words in a standard way.

"Everyone, please come back."

Hong Fan nodded slightly.

Soon, the army retreated at a much faster speed than when it came.

(End of this chapter)