Doing It Wrong on Purpose

"But Su Hu's daughter, Su Daji, died a long time ago!"

"The Su Daji here now is actually the Nine-tailed Demon Fox in disguise!"

"If I let Jiang Ziya expose the Nine-tailed Demon Fox's identity, wouldn't he get to make a name for himself in front of King Zhou?"

"If that happens, after some time, he might go from a Lower Grand Master to a Grand Master, then from a Grand Master to a chancellor. Gradually, he'd stop taking me, Shen Gongbao, seriously. How could I let that happen?"

No matter how he looked at it, something about this plan felt wrong!

But he didn't dare disobey Saint Lin Chuan.

If he botched this, Saint Lin Chuan certainly wouldn't let him off.

Shen Gongbao was a clever man. He knew that Lin Chuan had summoned him to handle this as soon as he returned, which was more than enough to show how important it was in Lin Chuan's eyes.

He and the Interception Sect had treated him so well. How could they expect nothing in return?

And he'd already made it clear that he didn't want much—just for him, Shen Gongbao, to find a way to keep Jiang Ziya in check!

Just now, in front of Lin Chuan, Shen Gongbao had only pretended to understand. He couldn't let himself look foolish and ignorant in front of a Saint. Otherwise, his standing in the Interception Sect would suffer, and others would think his intelligence and abilities worthless. But if he kept pretending to understand and ended up doing the wrong thing, he'd never be able to hold his head up in the Interception Sect again!

So, in Shen Gongbao's eyes, this was a real headache!

"But the Nine-tailed Demon Fox is still the Nine-tailed Demon Fox!"

"Su Daji going to Chaoge