Silence!
A deathly silence!
Whether they were under Shen Tang or Wu Xian, everyone stared in unison at Shen Tang, whose finger pointed toward the sky. Those farther away even wondered if they had heard wrong. After all, in this world of Word Spirits, Words Become Law was real!
In other words, breaking an oath really would bring punishment.
This wasn't like swearing an oath by the Luo River in the Word Spirit texts, then turning around and slaughtering someone's entire clan. Here, the gods watched from three feet above your head! Break your word one second, and the next you could be whisked away by heavenly retribution—person and coffin weighing less than five pounds!
Lord Shen had not only sworn an oath, but promised that if she broke it, "heaven and humanity alike would punish her." Who wouldn't be dazzled by such boldness and resolve? Honestly, if they had been in Qin Li's place, facing a liege lord as captivating as her, they wouldn't have been able to refuse!
They simply wouldn't have been able to refuse!
It wasn't only the others who were dazed. Even Qin Li and Zhao Feng, who knew this was all part of a double act, wore expressions of shock and disbelief. For a long while, neither could say a word.
Meanwhile—
Chu Yao and the others also wore somewhat strained, unnatural expressions. Heh. They'd mocked Gu Chi, complained about Gu Chi, and now understood Gu Chi!
They couldn't suppress their jealousy of their new colleague.
The air at that moment was half gunpowder, half sourness.
Shen Tang asked earnestly, "Gongsu, what do you think?"
Qin Li glanced at Wu Xian, whose face had gone ashen, then at his smiling new liege lord. He bowed deeply. Seeing him, Zhao Feng also bowed. The others