Wu Kai was all smiles on his way back, having finally vented a stomachful of pent-up resentment.
He thought back to how that man surnamed Shen had tricked him onto the Xuanqing Guard's pirate ship. Though he'd gained considerable benefits, he'd also spent the past half-year living in constant fear of being implicated in a case. Later, once his Cultivation broke through and he gained promotion qualifications—together with the fact that many officers of the Garrison Army had been wiped out in a great purge—Wu Kai found himself on the list as a backup Assistant General for the Garrison Army, just waiting for the right opportunity to be promoted.
Yesterday, he received a transfer order from the Daoxing Chief's Office, instructing him to join a ten-thousand-strong Jingnan Army unit bound for the Zhuo Huo Pass the next day.
