"What did you mean by that?"
The moment Shen Gongbao heard this, his expression turned rather grim. "If I do not interfere with your Northern Marquis, am I not even allowed to leave?"
"Heh, who knows what schemes you Taoist priest are harboring!? You came to us midway and even tried to sow discord. You truly are ridiculous! How could the relationship between Young Master Chong and our lord possibly be driven apart by a petty man like you?"
"In this day and age, if we do not trust our own people, are we supposed to trust an outsider like you?"
"Our lord ordered that you are not to leave. Wait obediently until he returns, or you will certainly suffer."
"Just wait..."
The generals sneered, utterly disregarding Shen Gongbao.
"Alas..."
Shen Gongbao let out a leisurely sigh. "If I leave, I will not become enemies with you all. Besides, the Human Dao is powerful, and Great Shang's National Fortune is flourishing. Given the Northern Marquis's status, if I dared commit any underhanded misdeeds, I would suffer the backlash of National Fortune. How could I possibly withstand it then?"
"Anyway, our lord said you can only leave after he returns!"
A fierce general drew his blade and pointed it at him, while the others promptly surrounded Shen Gongbao.
They bore hostile expressions.
Shen Gongbao shook his head and said nothing more.
Holding a disciple token containing a wisp of Chan Sect Fortune Aura, he used a Divine Ability and escaped underground, vanishing from sight!!
Had Northern Marquis Chong Houhu been present just now,
the immense National Fortune he possessed as the foremost northern feudal lord, combined with the united momentum of the soldiers present, would have been enough to seal heaven and earth and suppress all his Daoxing.
He would have