Chapter 498 - 20 Qilin Fury!_3
And the existence of Yue Pengwu was like a flag, a superb mockery of the majesty of the entire Chen Kingdom Royal Family; thus, it was more beneficial for Ying Country that Yue Pengwu and his men were alive.
Even more so, Ji Yanzhong felt that with the spirit of the Emperor of Ying, he would treat Yue Pengwu with great courtesy, willing to humbly forge a friendship, thus stepping on the face of Chen Dingye and establishing his own reputation for valuing and loving his generals. With such a reputation, all great generals of the world would be willing to devote their lives to him.
Ji Yanzhong thought that this army had already passed what was, up to now, the most difficult hurdle.
When had the world last seen such tumultuous waves?
The elderly man with white hair sighed. Quickly, a flurry of arrows rose in the distance. The arrows exploded in the air and turned into big clusters of glimmering light, signifying that Yue Qianfeng and the others had successfully escaped. Ji Yanzhong turned to look inside the city walls.
The city of Zhenbei, unlike Jiangzhou City and Guan Yi City, had a curfew at night and wasn’t as bustling.
Therefore, the clear sound of the elite border troops of Zhenbei City rushing towards the City Lord Mansion, weapons in hand, resonated distinctly, dull like thunder. The wind suddenly picked up fiercely, sweeping across the sky as Ji Yanzhong’s sleeves billowed.
He saw Xue Zhaoji, who had been rescued by Li Guanyi, ignoring his own wounds. After confirming that Yue Qianfeng and the others had left successfully, the old man, clad in blood-stained robes and tormented for three days, personally fired the signal arrow.