Some rejoiced, while others despaired.
At that moment, no one present felt more hopeless than Gao Zisheng.
Even now, he still had no idea who Elder Xu really was.
But that no longer mattered!
Just look at Wang Hongtao, so arrogant before and so deferential now, abasing himself as though he wished he could kneel and kowtow.
Just listen to that line of his: "My face accidentally dirtied your cane"...
Anyone who could make a regional governor abandon even his dignity possessed power and status beyond Gao Zisheng's wildest imagination.
He had thought that taking some man as his father, becoming a young master of the Jun Family, and bringing in Wang Hongtao meant he had summoned the Buddha himself!
That would be enough to pin Yue Xiaofei, that unruly Monkey King, beneath Five-Finger Mountain for good.
But who could have imagined!
Behind that Monkey King stood a Patriarch Bodhi even more formidable than the Jade Emperor!
He would not bother reasoning with you. One stomp, and he would crush both the celestial palace and Spirit Mountain!
"No!"
"It can't end like this!"
His survival instinct jolted Gao Zisheng into motion, and he stumbled toward Elder Xu.
Thud!
Gao Zisheng dropped to both knees and shuffled up to Elder Xu, tears and snot streaming down his face.
"S-sir! It's a misunderstanding! All a misunderstanding!"
He clutched Elder Xu's trouser leg, sobbing like a 180-pound child.
"I lost my head! I failed to recognize your greatness and offended you!"
"Sir, I... I was misled by others, too! This is all a misunderstanding!"
Yet Elder Xu merely looked down at him. His clouded old eyes held not the slightest ripple of emotion, only a bone-chilling coldness.
"A misunderstanding?"
Elder Xu spoke slowly, repeating the word.
Thinking he had a chance, Gao Zisheng