Tong Bugu was somewhat taken aback.
Stay by Luo Bei's side and serve him... Luo Bei's demand struck even Chi Luo and Bi Haizi as exceedingly abrupt, even rather arrogant.
As one of the Five Young Masters of Zhanzhou Marshland, how much power did he hold in his hands?
How could someone like him possibly serve Luo Bei?
Yet what made Chi Luo and Bi Haizi stare wide-eyed in disbelief was that, after a brief moment of astonishment, Tong Bugu, clad in a scarlet robe, suddenly smiled and nodded. "All right. I accept your condition."
Given Tong Bugu's status and strength, he should by all rights never have accepted such a condition from Luo Bei. Yet he had agreed so easily and simply. In truth, the reason was equally simple: when he decided to intervene in the conflict between Luo Bei and Qi Lianliancheng, he had already resolved to use every force at his disposal and stand on Luo Bei's side.
Zhanzhou Marshland's investments always sought returns. Though these hundred-odd Purple Void Jade Pills might amount to little to Zhanzhou Marshland, merely altering the information within the mechanism cloud crane and delaying Qi Lianliancheng by several days had already cost Zhanzhou Marshland dearly.
But the crucial point was that Tong Bugu now considered this an appropriate time for Zhanzhou Marshland to show Luo Bei goodwill, while Luo Bei did not consider it an appropriate time at all.
In Luo Bei's eyes, if Zhanzhou Marshland had sufficient sincerity, it should have appeared at Great East Mountain, rather than waiting until now.
Tong Bugu understood Luo Bei's thoughts as well, because if Zhanzhou Marshland had intervened then, perhaps some people would not have died. And that was precisely Luo Bei's point: by arriving only now, Zhanzhou Marshland's relationship with Luo Bei seemed