I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 494 - 273: Sudden Sword Breakage at the Banquet

Chapter 494: Chapter 273: Sudden Sword Breakage at the Banquet

"Mr. Gu, please take a seat here," Zhan Yan called to Gu Shanhai, gesturing towards the main seat.

Gu Shanhai was not foolish; he knew well enough that he couldn’t take the main seat since it was Jiang Lu’s place. Therefore, he remained seated, motionless, pretending not to hear.

Zhan Yan also seemed a bit embarrassed, but then he stood up and walked towards Gu Shanhai, "Mr. Gu, the Lord has been called away on urgent business and has asked you to take charge."

"???" Gu Shanhai was baffled. The host had vanished, leaving him to manage the whole affair. What was this about?

"No, why can’t you do it?" Gu Shanhai didn’t ask where Jiang Lu had gone, nor did he care what schemes were in the other’s mind; it seemed fine to let Zhan Yan take over.

"I’m not quite up to it; I can’t keep the place under control," said Zhan Yan, not sparing his own dignity.

By this time, all the invited guests had arrived. They were all leaders of great families, each with an expression of calm or curiosity as they watched to see what act these two were putting on.

Feeling the gaze and attention converging upon him, Gu Shanhai had no choice but to stiffen his resolve and agree to take on the role.

Gu Shanhai was now certain that he had been truly set up.

Once he had taken the main seat, Gu Shanhai spoke leisurely, "On behalf of Lord Jiang, I welcome you all here."

"When can we expect the Lord to arrive?" a middle-aged man stood up and asked, obviously not quite accepting, with a rather confrontational demeanor.

Gu Shanhai sighed, utterly unconcerned, "I’m in a bad mood. Can’t you refrain from asking?"

"Besides, you’re here to surrender, not to receive awards. Can’t you manage a better attitude?"

He thought this man had no clue, really believing he amounted to something significant.

"Zhan Yan, whose man is this?" Gu Shanhai asked without paying further attention to the man, turning instead to inquire of Zhan Yan.

"Huaiyong City, the Su Family."

"Did you hear that?" Gu Shanhai raised an eyebrow and questioned the Su Family Patriarch.

The man was confused. What did this mean?

"What do you mean by this?" The man’s face showed his puzzlement.

"It means that I know where your family is. If I wanted to annihilate your entire house, not a soul would escape," Gu Shanhai kindly reminded the man.

At these words, the man’s face changed dramatically. And it wasn’t just the face of the Su Family Patriarch that changed, other family heads also shifted uncomfortably.

"Are you threatening me?!" The Su Family Patriarch narrowed his eyes, his tone laced with danger.

Gu Shanhai shook his head, "No, no, no, don’t get me wrong. I’m not threatening you; I’m stating a fact—a fact that affects not just you."

Slap~

A burly man slammed his palm onto the table, stood up angrily, and began to scold, "You..."

But he barely got the word ’you’ out before Gu Shanhai whisked him away with a sweep of his sleeve, and when he reappeared, he was nothing but a skeleton.

"It’s shocking, really. I never would’ve thought anyone would dare flip a table on me. That’s just too much!"

It all happened in the space of a few breaths. A living person went in, and a skeleton came out, silencing everyone, especially the Su Family Patriarch, whose face stiffened.

As masters of warriors, their powers greatly diminished after parting from their Daoist Soldiers, but what was more daunting was they had never seen such tactical methods in action—being able to single-handedly take down a master in such a setting.

"Anything else?" Gu Shanhai asked languidly.

"No..." The Su Family Patriarch sat down obediently, his face turning red.

"Good, let’s serve the meal and begin." Gu Shanhai said calmly.

After that, the tense atmosphere relaxed somewhat. It was only the desolate skeleton that made everyone momentarily fall silent.

The dishes were served in an orderly fashion. Zhan Yan and Li Yu ate and drank quietly, minding their own business.

Gu Shanhai likewise acted as if nothing had happened, focusing on his own meal. The most uncomfortable were the family heads; they would have rather faced Jiang Lu.

At least when Jiang Lu dealt with them, it was with a gentle touch. Gu Shanhai seemed capricious and violent, ready to kill without a second thought. Who does business like that? So, naturally, they all had little appetite.

"Mr. Gu, now that we’ve eaten our fill, might we know when the Lord will show himself?" The leading elder asked calmly, not having touched the dishes in front of him, obviously cautious.

"Wait a bit longer," Gu Shanhai replied after wiping his mouth, taking his time.

How could he know such things? Didn’t they see he had been pulled in at the last minute as a stand-in?

If they wanted to know so badly, they could expend a bit of life to perform Prophetic Divination, at most losing an hour or so of life span. But Gu Shanhai wouldn’t do that; there was no need since it was clear Jiang Lu had some grand plan.

Otherwise, he certainly wouldn’t be absent.

"Very well, we shall wait as Mr. Gu suggests," the elder said, obviously aware he was being brushed off. But at this moment, he had no choice but to wait.

With Zhan Yan’s lack of objection, it was clear he was supposed to continue stalling.

Gu Shanhai even suspected that as of yesterday, Jiang Lu wasn’t in Wen’an City at all.

He hadn’t bothered monitoring such things; most of his energy was dedicated to perfecting the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers and he wasn’t about to spare the attention for this matter.

Focus is crucial when tackling tasks.

Time ticked by, and soon midnight approached. After witnessing the intimidation, the family heads had become much more subdued and had not asked again.

Gu Shanhai was also self-absorbed, making targeted data predictions about the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers, with everyone else doing their own thing.

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