Yet it was not so easy to wash his hands of the matter.
For the order preventing the people of Chongming Heavenly City from smuggling themselves out had indeed been issued directly by the City Lord's Mansion.
Even though his subordinates had killed members of the Datong Society, they were simply obeying the City Lord's commands. Therefore, if they were truly to hand over the culprits, everyone from Wang Bao down to himself would become accomplices, forced to pay with their lives for a mere Qi Condensation cultivator.
Chapter 333