"Greetings, Senior Qin. This junior's poor management allowed the disciples under me to offend you and the Myriad Dragon Merchant Alliance. I have already imprisoned those involved and forbidden them from leaving for three hundred years. I have also compensated the Myriad Dragon Merchant Alliance with ten million Spirit Stones. If Senior wishes to punish us, this junior and the sect will certainly not dare to defy you."
Qin Fengming remained in the quiet room for two full days. When he emerged into the hall holding a jade slip, Zhang Hong had already been waiting there for an entire day. The moment he saw Qin Fengming appear, he hurried forward fearfully and knelt respectfully before him.
At this moment, Zhang Hong was not only terrified, but also filled with deep regret.
He had never imagined that he would misjudge the situation this time. That young cultivator had remained in that terrifying fog for so long without perishing. It was truly beyond his imagination.
Only now did he fully understand how mistaken it was to judge a cultivator descended from the Upper Realm using the thoughts of Human Realm cultivators.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you have arrived. Very good. This Qin was born in the Human Realm and knows how difficult it is to advance to the Integration stage there. Therefore, so long as there is no compelling reason to kill, this Qin will not casually slay an Integration stage cultivator from the Human Realm. This Qin said before that he would look after the Myriad Dragon Merchant Alliance in the future, so this Qin does not wish to see any misconduct."
Seeing Zhang Hong kneel before him despite his status, his body trembling, Qin Fengming spoke with great calm.
His voice was calm and without the slightest ripple, but it sounded