ye feng chuckled lightly, "the jiang family has committed many injustices, if you come for this reason, i''ll make sure you enter upright and leave horizontally!"

    jiang yicai was furious, his fist edge already clenched tightly.

    "the whole southern river region is saying that you, kid, are extremely arrogant. today, i shall see just how much weight you really carry!"

    as the words fell, jiang yicai moved, his whole body leaping up like a soaring eagle towards ye feng in the dining hall.

    ye feng still sat there, his expression utterly indifferent, he did not even glance at the other party.

    to him, a mere deputy commander of the southern territory was at most nothing more than a slightly stronger reptile.

    "presumptuous!"

    accompanied by a roar, sima zhantian sprang forward like a tiger or leopard, launching his attack after but arriving first, rushing up close in an instant, then throwing a punch.

    the fist edge was piercingly cold, jiang yicai had no chance to dodge and had to brace himself to meet the punch head-on.

    bang!

    a loud noise echoed in the hall, jiang yicai''s figure was sent flying on the spot, retreating a dozen steps backward before crashing into the coffee table and overturning it.

    jiang yicai finally stabilized himself, but by then, his right arm was already hanging limply.

    "my arm... you actually... you actually crippled my arm!"

    jiang yicai howled, the severe pain turning his face deathly pale, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.

    sima zhantian stood beside ye feng like a vajra, snorting, "don''t say you are just a small deputy commander of the southern territory, even if your great commander came in person, i would still cripple him with a single punch!"

    jiang yicai gritted his teeth and demanded, "who are you people, with such power, nearly stepping into the ranks of the huajin grandmasters? in the four realms, you can''t be nameless individuals. what is your background?"

    ye feng sneered, "i''ve already told you, you''re not qualified to know my identity. if your great commander were to come, perhaps he might just barely be worthy."

    xiao chuanqi stepped forward and said, "my lord, from what that guy said just now, it seems the third great commander from the southern territory has also arrived in jiangnan?"

    ye feng nodded slightly and said, "he should have."

    xiao chuanqi said coldly, "in recent years, the southern territory has really gone downhill. these commanders casually leave their own jurisdictions to enter the mundane world. doesn''t the king of the southern territory know how to keep them in check?"

    ye feng shook his head and sighed, "in recent years, the southern territory has been in chaos, with the military factions vying against each other. the great commanders, in particular, are at each other''s throats. if i''m not wrong, it''s very likely that the king of the southern territory has met with trouble."

    "the king of the southern territory in trouble? surely that''s unlikely?" xiao chuanqi and sima zhantian were both slightly surprised.

    within the nation divided into four realms, the kings of the four realms are the highest controllers of their respective territories. although the prestige and power of the king of the southern territory were far from matching that of the northern border sovereign ye feng, their status and authority were equally significant.

    under extraordinary circumstances, it would be unlikely for them to encounter trouble so easily.

    ye feng said with a sigh, "the king of the southern territory should have not made a public appearance for three years now, right?

    it''s rumored that he is in secluded cultivation trying to break through to the realm of the martial king, but as far as i know, he was still a small distance from reaching the perfection of the huajin grandmaster, so the theory of his secluded breakthrough doesn''t hold up!"

    continuing, ye feng lamented, "i hope my conjecture is wrong, for if the king of the southern territory is indeed in trouble, the huge mess that is the southern territory would not be easy to clean up."

    sima zhantian, who was rather thoughtless, snorted coldly, "even if something unexpected has happened to the king of the southern territory, what does it have to do with us? keep in mind that our northern border has nothing to do with their southern territory."

    ye feng did not speak but slightly furrowed his brows. although the southern territory was separate from the northern border, they both belonged to the four realms of the nation.

    and should the southern territory be thrown into turmoil because of this, ye feng, as the northern border king, naturally could not just watch the chaos unfold.

    xiao chuanqi glanced at ye feng and asked, "my lord, if what you say is true and the king of the southern territory has met with an accident, what will you do?"

    ye feng did not answer. he rarely gave one, only saying, "send a message to the jiang family, have them call that third great commander of the southern territory to meet me at the elegant bamboo residence at noon!"

    to find out whether the king of the southern territory had encountered an accident, the most direct and effective method was to question the third great commander of the southern territory.

    "yes, my lord. i will deliver the message right away!"

    xiao chuanqi was worried that sima zhantian''s fiery temper would cause a row if he visited the jiang family, so he quickly volunteered. he also realized that his lord was very likely about to intervene in the southern territory''s affairs.