Ranked Among the Immortal Venerables!

Following behind Father Xu into the main hall, he had evidently heard that lord's words, and a trace of panic immediately surfaced on his face. Behind him, Xu Ling'er followed with the look of someone who had lost all will to live.

Only Jiang Che raised his head and spotted the man in the seat of honor at a glance. His brows lifted slightly, and understanding flashed through his eyes.

Because Jiang Che not only knew this great figure who had crushed the Xu family until they could not raise their heads—he knew him very well.

It was none other than Marquis Wuzhong, Geng Dabiao!

Back when Jiang Che had abolished the Ji-clan Great Zhou and established the Great Qian Dynasty, every subordinate who had followed him had received rewards. Liu Zhi and Geng Dabiao were among them, first being granted the rank of count.

Later, because Jiang Che remembered their past loyalty, they had been elevated to marquises, their titles hereditary and perpetual.

He had also allowed them to retire in Yue Province, making them founding nobles in every sense of the word.

The reason he had not kept them by his side was even simpler: Geng Dabiao and the others had long fallen far behind his cultivation speed. From the moment they left Tai'an Prefecture,

they had been pushed further and further to the margins.

Yet they had always remained utterly loyal, without the slightest disloyalty.

Jiang Che had no use for such people, but he had still been willing to support them with high office and generous emoluments.

What he had not expected was that, after several years apart, this once-honest subordinate had become like this. It gave him something of the feeling that the dragon slayer had ultimately become the evil dragon.

Of course, even before