A Way to Save the Northern Marquis? Shen Gongbao: Fortune Is Found Amid Danger-What Is There to Fear?

"Rescue the Northern Marquis?"

Wen Zhong was somewhat stunned. "The Northern Marquis has fallen deep into the hands of the rebels, and Chong Heihu can command the million-strong army of the Northern Border. I fear those rebels have some means of controlling the Northern Marquis's mind."

"That is why those troops suddenly rebelled and turned against the court."

"What method do you have to rescue the Northern Marquis?"

He truly was perplexed.

If the Northern Marquis had merely been captured and imprisoned, then the million troops of the north could not possibly have been exploited.

Yet the million troops of the Northern Border had not mutinied or revolted.

Clearly, the Northern Marquis had used his authority to keep his private army, the other feudal lords, and the court's forces under control, which was why chaos had not broken out.

A prisoner still had a chance of being rescued.

But how could someone whose mind had been imprisoned be saved?

The two situations were fundamentally incomparable!!!

Hearing this, Shen Gongbao presented a bell and smiled. "Grand Preceptor, this humble Daoist also roughly guessed that the Northern Marquis's mind had been controlled. That was why I dared say I could reverse the situation and reclaim the Northern Border!"

"Though this bell of mine is merely a Mid-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure, it contains a wisp of Yuqing Qi."

"I spent a thousand years refining and consecrating it. It contains much of heaven and earth's qi and various wondrous effects, granting it the ability to stabilize the spiritual platform and resist Demonic Invasion."

"Since the Northern Marquis's mind was controlled, ordinary methods surely cannot free him from that control."

"However, my bell possesses the power of Soul Substitution."

"Once this bell is activated, it can awaken the Northern Marquis's consciousness. Yet the bell itself