Chapter 4321: Qing Luo's Words!
"What are you trying to do?"
Lin Bai suddenly shot up from beneath the city wall, his sword pointed at the throat of a guard soldier, his gaze exceptionally cold and sharp.
"Release General Zhong!"
"Villain, release General Zhong at once!"
The surrounding soldiers charged over with weapons in hand, glaring at Lin Bai with baleful ferocity.
"Your surname is Zhong? You're from the Zhong Family of Azure Dragon Commerce?" Lin Bai asked in puzzlement. During his earlier dealings with Azure Dragon Commerce, Lin Bai had learned that the family holding power over it was surnamed Zhong.
"I am a direct descendant of the Zhong Family of Azure Dragon Commerce, ordered to guard the East City gate!" General Zhong snorted. "Now that the three great commerce associations have driven us to the brink of death, we can only seek another path to survival. I, Zhong, have also been utterly disappointed in my family and commerce association. I was just about to rally the many martial artists and fight our way out of Arid Dragon City. You've come here to stop me—what do you mean by this? Could it be that you no longer want to live?"
"I'll report this matter truthfully to the president of Azure Dragon Commerce, but before that, I'll save you from your muddleheaded actions!" Lin Bai snorted. His sword did not withdraw; instead, its edge remained pressed against General Zhong's Adam's apple. If General Zhong dared move even an inch, Lin Bai could kill him with a single strike.
The surrounding soldiers encircled Lin Bai, but seeing General Zhong beneath Lin Bai's sword, they did not dare act rashly.
"I am an inner disciple of the Eternal Devil Sect, the new master of Sword Hiding Hermitage, one of the Eternal Devil