Chapter 177: Betraying from Within
City Lord Chen Bing’s gaze swept fiercely toward Jing Chengye.
He knew that Jing Chengye definitely wouldn’t easily hand over Jing Yan to Cang Long for punishment.
He sneered coldly in his heart. In his view, the decision of Jing Chengye and the Jing Family was undoubtedly very foolish. Jing Yan was indeed a prodigious talent, and with Jing Yan’s emergence, the Jing Family’s future would benefit tremendously. It was normal for the Jing Family not to want Jing Yan to die. However, the Jing Family should clearly understand the current situation.
Failing to obtain Cang Long’s forgiveness would eventually lead Cang Long to move against the Jing Family—an outcome far graver than the death of just one Jing Yan, as the entire Jing Family would fall into irreparable ruin. Cang Long himself might not truly pose a threat to the Jing Family, but Cang Long’s younger brother, Cang Yu, who was a Pill Master and disciple of Little Pill King Gao Zhao Hai, certainly could.
Thus, City Lord Chen Bing felt that the decision of Jing Chengye and the Jing Family was very foolish.
"Jing Clan Patriarch, you need to think this through clearly. Have you thought about the future of the Jing Family?" Chen Bing asked with a cold smirk, looking at Jing Chengye in a deep voice.
"City Lord Chen Bing, are you suggesting that to please Mr. Cang Long, my Jing Family must unjustly sacrifice a talented martial artist?" Jing Chengye was also somewhat angered.
From the beginning, Chen Bing had intended to sacrifice Jing Yan.
Indeed, whether Jing Yan lives or dies has nothing to do with you, Chen Bing. But Jing Yan is a member of the Jing Family; how could the Jing Family just push him out like that?
You, Chen Bing, as the Deputy City Lord of Donglin City, now only wish to please outsiders and sacrifice a martial artist from your own city. Do you have no sense of responsibility at all?