578 Shut Up if Your Sword Work is Inferior

There were many paths leading to Green Mountain; but those clans and merchants who depended on Green Mountain for their prosperity would face a dead end if they didn't comply with the requests of the Green Mountain Sect.

However, the owner of the Precious-Tree House couldn't comply with the requests of the Green Mountain Sect. If he did so, the people in Scenery Garden would sentence him to death. Even though Gu Qing might be able to sympathize with his predicament, it would be impossible for Zhao Layue to forgive him. He had served her before and was well aware of how formidable and ruthless the young peak master was.

The key to his survival was getting help from Shenmo Peak.

Gu Qing knew that the quotas that would be decided the day after were actually the distributions of the resources for those clans outside Green Mountain.

He had no choice but to support the Precious-Tree House, because his Gu Clan was among those involved.

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