Chapter 225: Useless Aji
Hearing this, Xue Qianxun fell silent.
Although the Miao people had only recently left the mountains, they had already begun getting used to life in the Central Plains. It was countless times better than their impoverished days in the mountains, and some of their people had already begun marrying people from the Central Plains.
Under these circumstances, were she in their place, she probably would not bear to go back either.
She had to admit that Yu Huatian's move-pulling the firewood out from under the cauldron-was truly ruthless.
He had cut off the possibility of the Miao people betraying him at its very root!
Watching Xue Qianxun's grim expression, Dongfang Bubai said coldly, "I advise you not to do anything foolish. Otherwise, I'll kill you myself before you implicate your people!"
Xue Qianxun gritted her teeth. "Must we remain under his control for the rest of our lives?"
"What else?"
Dongfang Bubai said icily, "Unless he dies, or one of us can contend with him, any attempt to resist is a road straight to death!"
"Besides..."
As he spoke, a trace of complexity suddenly flashed through Dongfang Bubai's eyes. "Following someone like him might not be such a bad thing..."
"What?" Xue Qianxun had not heard him clearly. She paused, then asked.
"Nothing."
Dongfang Bubai's expression returned to calm. "Make your preparations. We leave for Great Qing in three days."
With that, he turned and left.
Xue Qianxun stood where she was, unwilling to accept it. But when she thought of how terrifying that man was, she could only sigh helplessly and turn away to make arrangements.
Three days later, with Dongfang Bubai personally leading them, the Sun Moon Holy Cult left only a few dozen people to guard Blackwood Cliff. Its other several hundred experts