As soon as Gong Chao finished speaking, a sharp slap cracked through the room. Cao Neng swung his arm in a full circle and sent Gong Chao flying out of the hall with a hard smack.
And he called that a damn good idea?
Cao Neng was now filled to the brim with bitter resentment and regret.
After suffering one setback after another at the hands of that monster, he should have changed course and thought about retreating. But because of a stubborn fixation, things had come to this point, beyond saving. He had gotten himself covered in filth, too.
Niu Wudao's trip to Dongshan Prefecture had been his doing. There was no hiding that from anyone paying attention, especially Mr. Ge.
With Niu Wudao dead, Mr. Ge would surely hold it against him.
And now that bastard Gong Chao wanted him to go to Mr. Ge again and find a way to stop Xu Yi from earning credit for wiping out the Black Lotus Cult. Did Gong Chao think Cao Neng was an idiot, or did he think Mr. Ge was a fool?
Admittedly, Xu Yi's report might not be the final word, and there was still room to make an issue of it. But the crucial point was that the man had actually seized the Black Lotus Cult's banner.
The Black Lotus Cult had been causing chaos for more than a decade, spreading across several territories and laying waste to more than ten prefectures. Its influence was enormous, and the Ancestral Court had taken it very seriously. They had hunted the cult for years, yet had never seized so much as a single banner.
With that banner alone, the prefectural office could not possibly suppress Xu Yi's achievement.
Gong Chao still wanted him to persuade Mr. Ge to