"Well, well. Truly worthy of being Li Kun's successor. A rebel with enough audacity to defy the heavens!" The Marquis of Southern Suppression sprang to his feet, a cold sweat instantly soaking his back. His eyes locked fiercely onto Gu San, who stood at the center surrounded by the crowd, enveloped in a translucent barrier that protected both himself and Song Zhiming.
Had it not been for the protective jade pendant of the Rakshasa Saintess, that single blow would have sent him packing! Ever since the collapse of ritual and music, after the grandson shouted the maxim "All warfare is based on deception," every military commander had grown strictly guarded against envoys.
The truth was that once everyone had broken through the bottom line, the rewards of assassination were simply too immense. Failing to assassinate someone meant losing nothing more than a single martial arts expert, but if it succeeded, a single strike could decide the entire outcome!
Chapter 74