"Those men… They… Where are they?"
Li Wutong's lips suddenly began to tremble. He felt a wave of weakness wash over him as a strange thought rose in his mind: 'It seems I... I shouldn't have provoked that brat Ling Xiao. He doesn't seem all that ambitious. So what if I gave him Penzes City? He's also good friends with Tianluo. I... was I possessed?'
In reality, Li Wutong was far from possessed; he was shrewder than anyone. It was just his deep-seated arrogance that made it impossible for him to tolerate a "state within a state" in his territory. This was especially true with Ling Xiao acting the part of a diligent and beloved ruler. If this continued, he feared all the great merchants of Cameron Town would be drawn to that southernmost city of the Lanyue Empire. That… was Li Wutong's true worry!
