The Great Sima Family’s Patriarch, Sima Chongjing, summoned his steward, Sima Chongxia. He then asked the latter, “Have you learned why the Great Huangfu Family is loitering around Yangzhou?”

“I think they’ve noticed our real identity.”

“How did they find out?”

“The person who annihilated the Flying Lion Platoon and captured the Flying Shadow Platoon Leader probably informed the Great Huangfu Family.”

“How did he know, though?”

“This is just a conjecture, but I think he found out when he saw the martial arts of the Flying Lion Platoon Leader and Flying Shadow Platoon Leader.”

“Those fools.”

“There’s a high chance they instinctively used the Asura Cult’s martial arts due to how dire their situations were.”

“If they didn't have any other choice, they should've just let themselves be killed. That aside, have we still not figured out who that man is?”

“I apologize. However, I don’t think he belongs to a particular force.”

“What about his relationship with the Great Huangfu Family?”

“He likely got the Great Huangfu Family involved because he couldn’t handle us alone.”

“What you’re saying is just all speculation, right?”

“I’m sorry.”

“Now that the Great Huangfu Family has seen through us, there’s no way they’ll let us get away with it. Do we have any countermeasures against them?”

“Given the great damage the Flying Lion Platoon and Flying Shadow Platoon have sustained, it won’t be easy to defend against the Great Huangfu Family if four out of the Ten Heavenly King Platoons come.”

“What if we ask the Lee Household and Taiyun Household for support?”

“Then we’ll be able to fight up to six of the Ten Heavenly...