Chapter 154

Everyone's performance today was very good!

City Lord Jiang Tianyi sat in the chief seat, laughing heartily,

Now the chieftain of Heifeng Zhai has already been beheaded, and the remaining members are either dead or have fled!

Even if some of Heifeng Zhai's people manage to escape alive, they will never amount to anything in the future!

At this moment, a Heavy Armor General below clasped his fists and spoke in a deep voice,

All of this is thanks to the City Lord's efforts!

If the City Lord hadn't restrained the Heifeng Zhai chieftain, how could we have had the chance to wipe them out in one fell swoop?

Heavy Armor General Zhao Dezhen took the lead, and the other Generals also spoke up, praising Jiang Tianyi's achievements.

Jiang Tianyi did not hide the smile on his face, waving his hand at the crowd,

This battle relied on the Generals working together with one heart; otherwise, even if I had the ability to reach the heavens, I could not have destroyed Heifeng Zhai.

Having said that, Jiang Tianyi raised his wine cup high,

Please, Generals, drink this cup to the full!

In this harmonious atmosphere, the ten or more Generals present, all at least Martial Ancestors, drank their spirit wine in unison.

But just as everyone was drinking heartily and setting down their cups, footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall.

City Lord, you really have refined tastes.

Bai Feng, whose weapons had just been confiscated, was feeling displeased.

At this moment, seeing that he and his comrades had only returned after holding out in the Black Mist Mountains until the very last moment,

City Lord Jiang Tianyi was actually raising his cup and drinking heartily with the other Generals who had returned to Zhong Cheng early?!

Bai Feng instantly felt his anger flare, and he coldly mocked the crowd.

Seeing Bai Feng return, Jiang Tianyi's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible chill.

But his face showed no sign of it.

Jiang Tianyi pointed to an empty seat for Bai Feng,

"Deputy General Bai Feng, your triumphant return is cause for joy; please take your seat."

Bai Feng followed the direction Jiang Tianyi indicated and saw, to his shock, that it was the very last seat!

As Bai Feng, among the Deputy Generals of Zhong Cheng, he could not be considered the foremost.

But he certainly deserved a place among the top five!

Yet now more than ten people were ranked ahead of him, which was absolutely an insult to Bai Feng!

Heavy Armor General Zhao Dezhen saw Bai Feng standing there motionless and immediately gave a sneer of ill intent,

"How is it, Deputy General Bai, do you think the City Lord's arrangement is not proper?"

As soon as those words were spoken, it was practically putting Bai Feng over a fire!

For a moment, everyone's eyes in the hall fell on Bai Feng alone.

Jiang Tianyi's eyes also narrowed.

If Bai Feng made the slightest misstep, all the Generals present would likely gang up on him!

Bai Feng's heart jolted; he didn't know why he had suddenly become the target of everyone's ire.

He could only bow to Jiang Tianyi,

"I dare not, my lord."

Zhao Dezhen let out a cold laugh,

"If that's the case, Deputy General Bai, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and take your seat as the City Lord arranged.

Bai Feng swept his gaze around and saw that almost everyone was staring at him coldly, not hiding their hostile intent.

Bai Feng guessed in his heart that the crowd probably harbored ill intentions!

He had just sat down behind the seats when Zhao Dezhen's ill‑intentioned question rang out again.

"We returned to Zhong Cheng to report immediately after wiping out Heifeng Zhai.

"Deputy General Bai, returning so late alone, you must have captured some high‑ranking members of Heifeng Zhai, right?

This sarcastic attitude made Bai Feng feel even more displeased.

He ignored Zhao Dezhen and instead spoke to City Lord Jiang Tianyi,

"Please forgive my inadequacy, City Lord; I only managed to capture thirteen members of Heifeng Zhai.

The Heifeng Zhai members slain by Gu Han and the others are their own achievement.

The thirteen Heifeng Zhai members that Bai Feng killed were captured only after Gu Han and the others had left.

As for the enemies killed during the earlier siege of Heifeng Zhai, they naturally do not count.

Jiang Tianyi had not yet spoken when Zhao Dezhen stared at Bai Feng as if he had heard shocking news, unable to believe it,

"No way, no way—our famed young General Bai Feng of Zhong Cheng actually captured only a dozen or so people?

Some other Deputy Generals also began to fan the flames,

"This shouldn't be; even the least‑responsible direction among you all captured at least eighty‑plus Heifeng Zhai members.

"Could it be that Deputy General Bai just had bad luck and didn't run into any Heifeng Zhai people?

"In my view, it's unlikely that Deputy General Bai deliberately let them go, letting the Heifeng Zhai members escape.

Each of those remarks, pointing straight at Bai Feng, left him feeling singled out!

Zhao Dezhen coldly regarded Bai Feng, who looked as if he were sitting on pins and needles.

This fellow Bai Feng, relying on his extraordinary talent and being the young master of the great Bai family of Zhong Cheng, had never taken the other Deputy Generals seriously.

Now that they had the chance, they naturally wanted to target Bai Feng to the death!

After the voices of the Deputy Generals targeting him gradually subsided, Jiang Tianyi then spoke in a deep voice,

"If I'm not mistaken, the area you were responsible for guarding, Bai Feng, should be the southwest of Heifeng Zhai, right?"

Bai Feng nodded,

"That's right."

"Back then I pursued the Heifeng Zhai chieftain, and together with a Heifeng Zhai steward we headed southwest."

"However, my attention was wholly on the Heifeng Zhai chieftain; by the time I killed him, the Heifeng Zhai steward had already escaped."

Jiang Tianyi took a sip of spiritual liquor and said lightly,

"If I'm not mistaken, the direction that Heifeng Zhai steward finally fled was exactly the direction you were guarding."

Upon hearing this, Bai Feng's heart gave a sudden jolt.

A sense of foreboding welled up in Bai Feng's heart.

He hadn't expected that even the City Lord wouldn't trust him!

Or rather, it's not that they don't trust him, but they intend to strike at the Bai family!

"Reporting to the City Lord, I have remained at my post and indeed detected no movement from any Heifeng Zhai high-ranking members."

Jiang Tianyi looked at Bai Feng doubtfully,

"That shouldn't be, General Bai, you were stationed there—didn't you notice anything unusual?"

After furrowing his brow in thought, Bai Feng still shook his head,

"While I was stationed there, aside from encountering the troops led by General Gu, I didn't run into any Heifeng Zhai bandits."

"General Gu?"

Zhao Dezhen let out a cold snort,

"General Bai Feng, I think you're just trying to pass the buck and have gone crazy!"

"In Zhong Cheng, whether it's a Deputy General or a Bijang, there's no general surnamed Gu!"

Bai Feng ignored Zhao Dezhen, who was deliberately picking a fight, and instead stared intently at Jiang Tianyi,

"City Lord, it's Gu Han, the Bijang of Mu Shan Cheng."

"He is currently resting at the guesthouse; if the City Lord doesn't believe me, I can request General Gu to take charge on my behalf."

Jiang Tianyi narrowed his eyes,

"General Bai, could you explain to this City Lord why a general from Mu Shan Cheng would appear near Heifeng Zhai?"

"According to General Gu, the young city lord asked him to help assist in the encirclement and suppression of Heifeng Zhai."

Who would have thought that as soon as Bai Feng finished speaking, Zhao Dezhen would pick another fight,

"Ridiculous, does Zhong Cheng's army need the assistance of a Bijang from Mu Shan Cheng when we mobilize to exterminate Heifeng Zhai?"

"Bai Feng, do you think Zhong Cheng has no one capable?"