Ning Chen said mildly, "Your Highness the crown prince is welcome to try."

The crown prince stared at Ning Chen.

Ning Chen gave a slight smile. "Your Highness the crown prince, come with me."

With that, Ning Chen walked out.

The crown prince did not know what he meant by it. His guards took him under the arms and brought him along.

Ning Chen came out through the main gate.

Outside the residence was a crush of people, and all of them were garrison men.

Ning Chen put his hands behind his back and went down two of the stone steps. He stopped there and looked back at the crown prince. "Your Highness the crown prince, I am standing right here. You are welcome to try, and see whether they dare to kill me."

Jiang Daniu and Tian Jiang tightened their grips on their hilts.

The crown prince's face was ugly. This was naked provocation from Ning Chen and nothing else.

"The garrison will hear my order. Kill him for me."

The crown prince pointed at Ning Chen and shouted it.

The officers and men of the garrison stood there like fools and looked at one another.

This was Ning Chen, the war god of the Great Xuan. Nothing he attacked held, and there was nothing he fought that he did not win.

Had the crown prince gone mad?

The crown prince's face grew uglier still, and he said furiously, "Ning Chen has been reduced to commoner. What are you standing there for? Kill him for me."

The news that Ning Chen had become a commoner had not spread yet.

The officers and men of the garrison heard it and were struck dumb and staring.

A tall, black-faced officer took a step forward. "Your Highness the crown prince, this officer makes bold to ask one thing. Is there an edict from His Majesty to kill my lord prince?"

The crown prince's face stiffened.

"I will say it again. Ning Chen has been reduced to commoner and has not been any kind of prince for some time... This crown prince orders…