592: Who dares to underestimate him?

Royal City.

A bustling street.

As a renowned high-ranking official of this nation, Pan Fei's mansion was located here. As a powerful figure, Pan Fei's residence was naturally grand, with two stone Pixiu sculptures guarding the main entrance. In the past, this mansion was always bustling with visitors, as the pursuit and obsession with power were the same on earth's surface and in the underground.

The world may change, but power does not.

As long as there are people, power will emerge.

Whether in the past or now.

The two words 'power' are eternal.

However, ever since Pan Fei was slapped by Shen Bei, his mansion had become deserted.

Everyone knew that certain bigwigs in the Royal City were very displeased with Pan Fei. Because he provoked Shen Bei, causing Shen Bei to bring out the great ancestor's sacred edict, which astonished many extraordinary individuals. There were even rumors that other high-ranking officials had ordered Pan Fei to resolve this issue and have the Night Watchers re-hide the great ancestor's sacred edict.

Those in the know understood that Pan Fei and Shen Bei were definitely in a power struggle. Of course, most people did not favor Shen Bei.

After all, Shen Bei was not old, even if he possessed certain personal strength. He also had a Divine Ability Great Cultivator as his backer, but this was the Royal City, Royal territory, and even a Divine Ability Great Cultivator had to follow the rules.

Unless a Divine Ability Great Cultivator personally entered the fray, Shen Bei could only rely on himself.

The fate of the previous Divine Ability Great Cultivator who personally entered the fray was also quite telling.

Although Divine Ability Great Cultivators were formidable, once they died, they were dead, and it didn't cause any earth's surface-shattering, unmanageable consequences.

This showed that Divine Ability Great Cultivators, almost unseen on earth's surface, were not uncommon in the underground.

Pan Fei also harbored immense resentment towards Shen Bei. That slap had caused him to lose face completely, significantly damaging his prestige in the Royal City. However, resentment was resentment, but he didn't feel it was an insurmountable obstacle.

Yu Qi was just his first move; he had many more moves planned. Although the identity of a Night Watcher Team Leader was a bit troublesome, how could you possibly think you could contend with me?

"Master, this is bad! Our mansion has been surrounded!"

As Pan Fei lay in his rocking chair, sipping tea and contemplating any oversights in his plan, a subordinate rushed in, looking anxious.

Pan Fei was shocked. His first reaction was that His Majesty had issued the order. However, considering that he had met three bigwigs today, and they had only ordered him to resolve the great ancestor's sacred edict issue, he felt it shouldn't be His Majesty.

His Majesty rarely appeared, and many matters were handled through the three bigwigs. If His Majesty truly wanted to deal with him, there was no reason for the three bigwigs to call him in this morning to reprimand him and order him to handle things.

But if it wasn't His Majesty, who else would dare to surround the mansion of a high-ranking official of the nation?

Before Pan Fei could inquire, he heard his subordinate shout, "Shen Bei has brought the Night Watchers to surround the mansion, forbidding anyone from entering or leaving! The butler argued with him for a few sentences and was directly severely injured, tied up, and thrown in front of the mansion gate!"

Pan Fei was stunned by these words. What kind of joke was this?

Shen Bei must be crazy! He was a third-rank official. Without His Majesty's command, how dare he bring people to his mansion to cause trouble?

Or did he act on His Majesty's command?

Pan Fei didn't have time to think much; he quickly pushed his subordinate aside and rushed towards the mansion gate.

He arrived at the mansion gate just in time to see Shen Bei giving an order: "Men, go and tie up Pan Fei."

Pan Fei was furious and shouted at Shen Bei, "Shen Bei, by what right do you tie me up?"

"Oh, you actually came out yourself. That saves me the trouble of breaking down the door to tie you up. Men, tie him up!" Shen Bei shouted.

"I am a Royal high-ranking official! If you want to seize me, where is the Emperor's command?" Pan Fei roared, his strength, no weaker than a sixth-tier Cultivator, erupting with a powerful aura.

"You want the Emperor's command? Alright, then I'll show you." Shen Bei replied.

These words made Pan Fei's face turn pale, and his legs couldn't help but tremble. Was there really an order from His Majesty?

But what exactly did I do to make His Majesty treat me like this?

As Pan Fei was sweating profusely, he saw Shen Bei pull out an ancient book. He found this ancient book very familiar and then remembered that it was the very great ancestor's sacred edict he had pulled out when he slapped him!

The imperial decree he spoke of... was this imperial decree?

The originally trembling Pan Fei now felt his anger surge to the heavens. He unleashed his formidable strength, his rage making him disregard everything else. He displayed his Cave Spirit Realm strength and directly lunged towards Shen Bei. This grab was earth's surface-shattering, as if the space before him was about to be shattered, reaching Shen Bei in the next instant.

However, he hadn't even managed to grab Shen Bei.

Shen Bei pushed back, using only ten percent of his strength, directly striking. Overwhelming power rotated, colliding with Pan Fei like a meteor hitting earth's surface, causing a sharp pain in everyone's eardrums. Pan Fei also retreated dozens of steps.

"You still dare to resist and commit violence?" Shen Bei asked mockingly.

Pan Fei stared at Shen Bei and said, "You are falsely transmitting the Emperor's command; you are on a path to death."

Shen Bei held up the ancient book in his hand and asked Pan Fei, "What? You don't recognize our Great Ancestor anymore? Is Great Ancestor's great ancestor's sacred edict no longer an imperial decree?"

Pan Fei scoffed, "Don't try to twist concepts here."

"Oh dear! You really won't give up until you hit a wall, huh? Fine, then I'll read it to you. The final chapter of Great Ancestor's great ancestor's sacred edict for the Night Watchers, the last clause: 'Anyone who dares to intentionally harm a Night Watcher shall be punished by death!' You say you hired someone to kill a Night Watcher Team Leader, isn't that a capital offense? Is it not perfectly justified for me to apprehend you?"

Shen Bei's words made Pan Fei's pupils contract. He instantly understood what had happened. Yu Qi had failed, and he had also exposed him?

"Impossible!" Pan Fei absolutely would not believe that Yu Qi would expose him.

That guy's mouth was absolutely sealed; he wouldn't leak a single word!

Shen Bei sneered, "Yu Qi is indeed dead, but his people are still alive. Shall I call him out to confront you face-to-face?"

With that, Shen Bei directly dragged out the surviving dead soldier and threw him in front of Pan Fei: "Don't even think about killing him; it'll only make you more suspicious."

Shen Bei's words dispelled Pan Fei's thought of killing to silence.

In Pan Fei's opinion, Shen Bei might just be bluffing him.

If he actually killed the dead soldier, it would only confirm his guilt.

But he wasn't sure what the dead soldier actually knew.

Pan Fei was incredibly distressed at this moment!

What a waste!

One of the Royal City's ten famous Prodigies couldn't even kill a ninth-tier Shen Bei.

Pan Fei gritted his teeth in hatred, but he hated Shen Bei even more.

This scoundrel again brought out the great ancestor's sacred edict. This was something from ages ago. What year and month was it now? Although you Night Watchers are not to be trifled with, it's no longer the Great Ancestor era.

He was a dignified third-rank high-ranking official. Even if this was a crime, it wasn't a capital offense.

Moreover, for him to be convicted, it had to be decreed by the Emperor; otherwise, even the bigwigs couldn't do it.

By what right do you Night Watchers do this?

"Anything else to say? If not, then come with me, lest the Night Watchers have to do it themselves and make you suffer a living hell." Shen Bei looked at Pan Fei.

"I am a dignified third-rank official; how can you touch me?" Pan Fei looked at the ancient book in Shen Bei's hand and continued, "To condemn an innocent man, one can always trump up charges. Don't use the great ancestor's sacred edict to fabricate charges here."

Shen Bei sighed and said, "I can't stand people like you the most. Not only are you utterly wicked, but you also forget your ancestors. Great Ancestor founded the Great Gan, yet you show no reverence for the great ancestor's sacred edict. Fine, then I'll teach you a lesson, so you can learn to revere it properly."

Shen Bei said no more and instructed the two subordinates beside him, "Tie him up."

The two subordinates obeyed, closing in on Pan Fei.

Seeing this, Pan Fei roared, "How dare you! Without His Majesty's current command, whoever touches me, prepare for your families to be annihilated!"

The two subordinates paused. They were indeed shocked by Shen Bei's actions. This person, bringing out a dusty great ancestor's sacred edict, was going to execute an official of the current dynasty.

While it felt satisfying to do, could they truly bear the consequences? This wasn't just a slap; it was genuinely taking down a Royal City high-ranking official.

"All responsibility will be borne by the Prince and me." Shen Bei had said this many times, but he had to say it again.

Upon hearing Shen Bei mention the Prince again, the two subordinates finally stopped hesitating.

They might doubt Shen Bei, but what was there to doubt about the Prince?

The two retainers, one on the left and one on the right, no longer hesitated and directly pounced on Pan Fei.