Then Tang Changsheng took the little girl into the Horse Chariot. With Zhang Bancheng attending to them eagerly, they set off toward Suxu City.
Tang Changsheng suddenly asked, "I heard Marquis Wu once issued a decree expelling Daoists from his state. If I go to Su Xu now, I won't be violating his decree, will I?"
Tang Changsheng had asked deliberately, of course. Zhang Bancheng smiled. "Rest assured, Mage. It was precisely because he showed no respect for Daoists or immortals that demons now swarm through Wu Hou State and the people are in turmoil. Marquis Wu has long since come to regret it. How would he dare disrespect Daoists now?"
Tang Changsheng gave a faint acknowledgment. It seems Marquis Wu has yielded.
Then again, if Tang Changsheng were in Marquis Wu's place, yielding would probably be his only choice.
This was no world where the Human Way was powerful enough to suppress the Divine Way. This was the "Immortal Realm," where cultivators were extraordinarily powerful.
The moment the Azure Sea True Void Palace made its move, it used Thunderbolt methods to smash the entire Divine Way system of Wu Hou State into disarray. Its next step would probably be to topple Marquis Wu from his throne and install someone else—or simply give the title to another Lineage.
Marquis Wu had no choice but to yield. The question now was whether the Azure Sea True Void Palace would stop even if he did...
With these thoughts in mind, Tang Changsheng chatted with Zhang Bancheng on and off along the way.
Appearances could be deceiving. Zhang Bancheng looked rather common, but his knowledge and learning were excellent.
His family's business was extensive, with ships that even sailed overseas, so his horizons were broader still.
The greatest difficulty Tang Changsheng had faced