Chapter 296

What a pity.

Things turned out contrary to wishes.

The Gu Family is indeed a cause for great celebration.

But unfortunately, the most important Gu Tianren is not here!

No matter how Gu Ren chatted, the Heavy Sword Peak elder still lacked interest.

However, he would not neglect etiquette.

The gift he presented, of course, there's no reason to take it back.

During the brief conversation, the Heavy Sword Peak elder inadvertently revealed that he was the inner-door elder of Heavy Sword Peak, Wang Bolun.

If these Gu Family members understood worldly affairs,

They would surely understand his meaning!

After handing over various precious heavenly treasures and spiritual artifacts to the Gu Family members, he, lacking interest, led the Heavy Sword Peak disciples away.

These gifts were carefully selected spiritual artifacts and heavenly treasures by Wang Bolun to curry favor with Gu Tianren.

It can be said that this consumed a considerable amount of Wang Bolun's savings!

In the eyes of the five great families of Han Shan Cheng and its citizens, these gifts are priceless!

Even a random gleaming spiritual artifact is a treasure that many people spend their entire lives striving for but cannot obtain!

"Heavy Sword Peak is truly generous!"

Gu Ren, looking at the inventory of gifts, also couldn't help but feel moved.

It seems the people of Heavy Sword Peak are not valuing Gu Han and Gu Chen's strength.

But rather, they somehow learned that the young family head Gu Tianren is a disciple of the Ten Thousand Wolves Academy.

Heavy Sword Peak merely lost an elder.

Before the Ten Thousand Wolves Academy, the death of an elder is merely a trivial matter.

If they were to become enemies with the Ten Thousand Wolves Academy disciples over a deceased elder,

That would definitely be losing the big for the small!

They still understand this principle!

And just as the Heavy Sword Peak's flying vessel was about to leave Han Shan Cheng,

But a squadron of heavenly horses flew in from the horizon!

This large squadron's riders are all heavenly horses with wings growing on their backs!

Adult heavenly horses are at least five-star demonic beasts!

Those with higher talent can reach six stars, equivalent to a human Martial Sovereign!

Moreover, even juvenile heavenly horses possess the ability to fly!

They are a demonic beast race favored and raised by many major powers!

But within Jiannan Prefecture, only one power can muster so many heavenly horses!

That is the prefect of Jiannan Prefecture!

"Prefect, why have you come to Han Shan Cheng?"

Wang Bolun is not a fool.

At a glance at the direction the heavenly horses flew from, he confirmed that the prefect's destination today must be the Han Shan Cheng below!

Wang Bolun hastily commanded the Heavy Sword Peak's fleet of flying vessels to advance toward the heavenly horses.

"Heavy Sword Peak's Wang Bolun pays respects to the prefect!"

The flying vessel slowly came to a stop in the distance, and Wang Bolun flew out, bowing toward the golden tent at the center of the heavenly horse herd.

When addressing different people, the phrasing of self-introduction differs greatly.

When facing subordinates, Wang Bolun's identity as a Heavy Sword Peak elder is enough to intimidate them.

But before the prefect, a mere Heavy Sword Peak elder amounts to nothing!

Therefore, Wang Bolun simply did not mention that he was a Heavy Sword Peak elder.

He only mentioned the three words 'Heavy Sword Peak'.

"Hmm, no need for formalities."

A faint voice came from the huge tent.

The heavenly horse herd did not linger even a moment, continuing to fly toward the Han Shan Cheng below.

This scene caused Wang Bolun to speak softly with apprehension,

"Prefect, Gu Tianren is not currently in Han Shan Cheng."

Then, in response to Wang Bolun's words, Prefect Zhang Jiannan gave no reply.

Surrounded by the heavenly horse herd, they departed far away.

This made Wang Bolun feel somewhat embarrassed; before his disciples, he could barely save face.

But his heart was filled with deep doubt.

Given the prefect's status, someone must have conducted prior investigations before his departure.

Otherwise, he would have made a pointless trip, wasting the prefect's precious time for nothing.

But Gu Tianren is not in Han Shan Cheng right now; does that mean the prefect is destined to make a wasted trip?

Wang Bolun's eyes darted, and he hastily waved his hand, ordering the Heavy Sword Peak disciples to stow their flying vessels.

Everyone immediately followed closely behind the heavenly horse herd, flying downward.

After the Heavy Sword Peak's flying vessel departed, the banquet in Han Shan Cheng returned to normal.

However, before the wedding feast even began, everyone heard a resonant horse cry echoing across the sky.

"Hiss, this isn't a Heavenly Horse, is it?"

After someone followed the sound and looked, they saw dozens of Heavenly Horses flying from the sky, and instantly sucked in a breath of cold air.

And the surrounding crowd, upon hearing this, also all looked over, all stunned on the spot.

The strength of these people present is probably not even a match for the weakest of those Heavenly Horses!

If it weren't for the Gu Family not placing too much importance on pedigree, they wouldn't even have the chance to come in and attend the feast.

"Is this… the Prefect has arrived?"

At that moment, countless people of Han Shan Cheng and the members of the Five Great Families were all guessing where this herd of Heavenly Horses came from.

City Lord Liao Lun, who was chatting casually beside Gu Han and the others, suddenly trembled.

As the City Lord of Han Shan Cheng, the Prefect is his direct superior!

He still has this eyesight!

Gu Han and Gu Chen beside them also both froze upon hearing this.

What is going on, that it even alarmed the Prefect?

On the contrary, Liao Lun reacted the quickest, his face beaming with joy as he greeted Gu Han and Gu Chen,

"This must be the imperial grant from His Majesty for the two of you; why don't you quickly follow me to greet the Prefect?"

Gu Han and Gu Chen exchanged a glance.

Liao Lun had mentioned earlier that he would report their talents to the superiors, but he didn't expect the imperial grant to come so quickly.

However, both of them were people with tremendous opportunities, and thus they were not overwhelmed by favor.

Liao Lun led the crowd forward to pay respects to the herd of Heavenly Horses.

Gu Han sensed the aura of these Heavenly Horses and the guards upon them, and couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

On the Heavenly Horses are Zhang Jiannan's personal guards.

Even the weakest among them has reached the peak of the Martial Ancestor realm!

It can be said that the entire Gu Family, aside from the Family Head, him, and Gu Chen,

any one of those guards could almost sweep aside everyone in the Gu Family!

Although these people come from Jiannan Prefecture, this strength still gave Gu Han a small shock.

Moreover, just within this detachment, there are more than ten individuals with formidable auras.

These people are likely all Martial Venerables!

And in all of Han Shan Cheng, including the City Lord, there are only eight Martial Venerables…

Yet when the Prefect of Jiannan Prefecture goes out, he is accompanied by ten Martial Venerables!

The strength of Jiannan Prefecture can be seen from this!

This time, Zhang Jiannan did not, as he had before when facing Wang Bolun, sit calmly and motionless in the carriage.

He flew into the air, seeing in the crowd two young people whose aura was restrained yet hard to conceal their exalted spirit.

"You two must be the Heavenly Spear General and the Heavenly Sword General, right?"

Zhang Jiannan laughed heartily as he stepped forward to greet them.

But the two general titles he spoke left everyone present stunned on the spot.

Only Liao Lun, who was most familiar with Zhang Jiannan, reacted first.

He was so excited that he almost began to tremble,

"Prefect, are you saying that the title you mentioned is the Gu Family Brothers' title?"