In the span of a single exchange, Gongsun Bu was struck pale with shock. Never had he imagined that the gap between his cultivation and Yun Ji's would be so vast. Before his eyes could even follow what was happening, he had been subdued in an instant, his cultivation sealed as he was escorted back.
"Sit." Niu Youdao nodded toward a seat.
Gongsun Bu looked as though his parents had died. He had thought that even if he was no match for them, he could rush out and stir up a fight, letting the people outside see it. Then they would surely fear breaking the vessel to catch the rat, and he would have room to negotiate. Who knew he had been thinking too much? Before this Daoist Master, he had no room to resist at all.
How could he possibly escape? Yuan Gang entered. He had also been outside the door, and now he moved to one side and watched Gongsun Bu coldly.
Seeing that he did not respond, Yun Ji pressed down with one hand, immediately forcing Gongsun Bu back into his seat.
Niu Youdao slightly lifted his chin in indication. Yuan Gang stepped forward and spread out writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone before Gongsun Bu.
Niu Youdao said, "Give Five-Beam Mountain an explanation. Give them a reason for your disappearance, and I'll grant you a quick death. It saves me some trouble, and you can leave with a little more dignity."
Gongsun Bu knew what the other side wanted. They wanted him to write that he was a spy, so that taking over Five-Beam Mountain would go more smoothly.
Yet even ants clung to life. He did not want to die so easily either, and said with difficulty, "Daoist Master, for the sake of my many