The disappearance of the Divine Eagle Guards dealt a considerable blow to Huangfu Zhu. Though his previous achievements were not completely erased, more than half of them had effectively been wiped away.0

After all, these were 100 people with families and homes. Quite a few of these elite guards were the children of noble families. Now that they had vanished, it was only natural for their relatives to demand an explanation from Huangfu Zhu.0

Although the Daoist Order advocated equality, everyone understood that a person’s value differed and could not simply be equated with that of another. The aftermath of a government official’s death was entirely different from that of an ordinary commoner. This was an objective reality.0

These Divine Eagle Guards had been carefully selected and were by no means ordinary. Every one of them was a talented and promising young elite, so how could the sudden disappearance of such a group not cause a tremendous stir?0

Not to mention, New Paititi was the capital of the Tawantin Empire, equivalent to the Imperial Capital in the Central Plains. If the people here caused trouble, they would be far more difficult to suppress than those in the rural regions.0

Having no better option, Huangfu Zhu could only shift the blame onto the Steam Evangelical Sect, claiming that it had been a sabotage...0