Did I Permit You to Act?

"What are you doing?!"

"How dare you defy the Patriarch?!"

"Have you forgotten everything the Patriarch has done for you?!"

Seeing some Personal Guards drop their weapons and even leave, several of the remaining guards grew anxious.

Raised by the Baili Family, the Personal Guards had been taught from childhood to be loyal to the family and obey the Patriarch.

Nothing was less tolerable to them than betrayal.

At once,

several other Personal Guards who had been about to drop their weapons hesitated.

Loyalty and conscience clashed within them, leaving them torn

and at a loss.

Just then, Xiao Zhuyue spoke again.

"Your loyalty belongs to the Baili Family, not Baili Wudi!"

"Think about what Baili Wudi has done. Is any of it truly good for the Baili Family? Once word gets out that he released the Raven of Curse, the Baili Family will instantly become enemies of humanity! Every member of the family will be condemned, and even the Baili ancestors fighting for humanity in the Divine Realm will find no peace. Are you sure this is good for the Baili Family?!"

"And as for Baili Wudi... does he truly deserve your loyalty? Don't forget how we got to the Bronze Gate!"

Every Personal Guard's expression changed.

How had they gotten here?

They had crossed that dense darkness

and faced those eerie Black Vines.

Worse, to avoid a fight and keep the hostages unharmed,

Baili Wudi had thrown Personal Guards to the Black Vines, hoping to feed them enough that they would not attack.

Those guards were brothers they had lived alongside day after day.

Even the First Guard, Bai Jianwen, had met that fate!

He was Baili Wudi's childhood friend and his strongest shield. No one knew how many fatal blows he had blocked for Baili Wudi.

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