After Xu Longyun went to see Lin Bai, the Righteous Alliance's movements became the foremost concern of the Duke Who Guards the Nation's Residence.
Lin Bai had forced Zhou Zu and Master Wuwang away through extraordinary means.
To outsiders, this might have seemed like a victory for Lin Bai and the Righteous Alliance, but the Duke Who Guards the Nation thoroughly disliked his methods.
In his view, confronting an enemy openly and honorably was the proper path. Unorthodox tricks had no place on the table.
They might secure a temporary victory, but the hidden dangers they left behind would only grow. Once they accumulated past a certain point, they would burst like a great river breaking its banks, impossible to contain.
The duke received word immediately when the Beggar Gang in Qian City was wiped out. Before he and his advisers could make sense of it, Justice Weekly suddenly revealed what the Magpie Bridge could do.
Then the Seven Righteous Sects and the Five Demon Sects mobilized in full to destroy the Righteous Alliance...
That dizzying series of developments left the duke stunned. Before he could analyze the situation across the land, his first thought was to recall Xu Longyun and sever ties with the Righteous Alliance.
Lin Bai was too immature and acted without considering the consequences. Perhaps the Righteousness Sect behind him could contend with the Seven Righteous Sects, but amid these gathering storms, the first person harmed might well be his precious daughter, Xu Longyun.
After all, Xu Longyun was Lin Bai's lover in name. Killing her would be equivalent to cutting off one of his Magpie Bridge routes.
At that moment.
The duke even began regretting the measures he had enacted to support the Righteous Alliance.
A pig of a teammate.
*Lin Bai was an absolute