Within Weishui County City, many of the well-informed had caught wind of Chen Ping'an's promotion. Awestruck, they each began plotting how to curry favor with the man.
Liu Yuanhua sat quietly in his office at the Garrison Commandant's Office. His expression was complex, his heart a turmoil of emotions.
'Chen Ping'an, twenty-two years old… and a Deputy Commander-in-Chief!'
As a real power elder of the Liu Family and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Weishui Garrison, he had held a spot in the Peak Realm for many years and had seen countless rising stars. Though this Chen Ping'an fellow was certainly special, in his eyes, he was nothing extraordinary at first!
But who could have imagined that this up-and-comer, at some unknown point, had boarded an express train to the top? Time and again, step by steady step, he had now reached such a height!
So many years of his own toil through wind and rain, matched in an instant by a twenty-two-year-old upstart!
