A Divine Artifact to Secure the Nation, Returning Home in Glory, Setting Out for the Capital City [End!]

Chapter 89:

Outside Southern Yu Prefecture.

Amid a mountain range.

Cheng Lidong moved with tremendous speed, pursuing a figure.

"Don't run! I'm here to discuss working together!"

Cheng Lidong spoke, his tone anxious.

The other man gave no response and kept running.

Cheng Lidong immediately took a pill from his robes and swallowed it. His speed instantly increased by thirty percent, allowing him to overtake the man.

"Brother, stop running. I'm here to work with you. Rest assured, I would never betray you."

Cheng Lidong spoke as he blocked the man's path.

This was the Middle-aged Man, ordinary in appearance. After Cheng Lidong stopped him, he said nothing and swallowed a blood-red pill.

"Cheng Lidong, do you take me for a fool? Work with me? If you're chasing me, you already know who I am. You're a Probationary Hundred-Household Officer, a dog official of the Great Wei court, and you want to work with me? On what?"

"Let me tell you, I joined the White Robe Sect as a child and would brave boiling water and fire for it. The Sect Master gave me my life, and today I'll return it to him."

The Middle-aged Man spoke coldly, his face resolute.

Cheng Lidong stood with his saber in hand, looked at him, and shook his head. "You misunderstand. Though I'm a court official, I've already resigned my post as Probationary Hundred-Household Officer. I came to discuss working together because I want to join the White Robe Sect."

"If I were lying, I would have attacked already. Why waste my breath here? Besides, I'll go with you right now to meet your superiors. Surely the White Robe Sect isn't afraid of a single Probationary Hundred-Household Officer?"

Cheng Lidong spoke from the heart, even pledging an oath.

His words were perfectly reasonable,