Guo Zhang, Marquis of Haiyuan, and the others—including Ye Zhen—had never expected State Preceptor Xuanzhi, an Early Dao Realm expert, to simply walk off on the spot.
For the first time, Ye Zhen realized just how formidable the identities of Left Grand Chief Priest of the Barbarian Spirit Hall and Inheritance Divine Envoy truly were.
They were even more useful than his title as Second Route Wind Patrol Envoy. They had actually frightened off a Dao Realm expert outright.
Guo Zhang, Marquis of Haiyuan, felt as though five bolts of lightning had struck him from the heavens.
This State Preceptor Xuanzhi before him was a stabilizing state preceptor he had invited at enormous cost, after calling in countless favors.
And after being invited, Xuanzhi had indeed played an astonishing role.
Not only had his Dao Realm reputation drawn a number of experts to the Marquisate of Haiyuan, but he had also quietly eliminated certain hidden dangers within the marquisate.
Moreover, the Marquisate of Haiyuan bordered the North Sea. Like North Sea Commandery, it suffered from endless floods, a tremendous source of distress.
Yet after State Preceptor Xuanzhi took up residence in the marquisate, he consecutively captured four Water Manor Water Lords who had crossed into their territory alive, forcing them to sign an agreement never to violate the Marquisate of Haiyuan's maritime borders.
This brought peace to the Marquisate of Haiyuan's coastal waters, and Guo Zhang had believed he got along very well with State Preceptor Xuanzhi.
But now, because of one sentence in which he had urged action against Ye Zhen, Xuanzhi was leaving him—and had even taken out the massive amount of tribute supplies he had previously accepted, determined to make a clean break.
A trace of fear rose in Guo Zhang's heart.
Could it be that even