Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 4: Purple Lightning Talisman

“How have you been doing in the last five years?” Fang Chen turned to them and smiled.

In truth, he had known how they were faring in the past five years. He had astral projected far too often that there were no secrets to him in Great Xia’s capital.

“Young master, we haven’t been well,” someone said.

“That’s right, we haven’t been well. There’s nothing more we would like to do than to behead the ingrates who insult you, but you wouldn’t allow us to do so.”

“Young master, it has been five years since you have last been to this little courtyard. Is it time for us to be mobilized once more?” someone asked.

The faces of the crowd visibly lit up, and they looked at Fang Chen with expectant eyes.

“My martial cultivation is crippled. Are you willing to come under my command despite this? You should know that any one of you can easily defeat me now,” Fang Chen said.

“Young master, we’ll be Great Xia’s loyal Shadow Guards as long as you are in need of us!”

A brawny man stepped forward and glared at the crowd. He gave off an intimidating aura showing that he had reached the pinnacle of the second stage Ki Explosion of Human Profound. With his strength, he was easily a top expert in Great Xia.

“Xu Ge is right! Young master, it’s not because of your martial cultivation that we have chosen to serve you. If you give us the word, we’ll willingly march up a mountain of blades or descend into a sea of flames,” another person spoke up.

Their voices were hushed lest others eavesdrop on their conversation, but that didn’t lessen the conviction behind their declaration.

“Young master, Wolf Marshall Xiao’s daughter will be arriving in the capital tomorrow. If we make a move, I’m confident we can assassinate her with a casualty of 30%,” someone sneered.

“Looks like you haven’t been idling around. You have even heard about that.” Fang Chen’s lips crept up. “However, you seem to have forgotten that the ‘Guard’ in Great Xia’s Shadow Guards means to protect. You are guards, not assassins. I don’t need you to kill people on my be

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