In his decades of service in Jadefall Border Pass, Nanshan Mu personally watched as Respected Cangyue rose up through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He understood it extremely well, apart from their own cultivation levels, he knew just how much power and influence Respected Cangyue and Ghost Advisor amassed during these years.

Respected Cangyue truly was ambitious and ruthless.

Ghost Advisor was also truly ambitious and ruthless.

Forget about everything else, just the establishment of the Sky Wolf Guards, a power comparable to Dragon Snake’s Black Flag Army, in the last two decades, was something the previous west defending great general could never hope to achieve.

Nanshan Mu wasn’t the type of official to just give up and enjoy life before imminent disaster, if there was a chance to stake it all, he would obviously go at it against Respected Cangyue. However, it was precisely because he understood Respected Cangyue too well, knew his vicious way of handling things, as well as the strength of the cultivators below him, knowing that he couldn’t win no matter what he tried, that he set the resolution to complete a matter he wanted to take care of his entire life, but never did, and then he would peacefully meet death.

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