"Do you want to know what was in the letters?"
Ding Quan nodded. "Please enlighten me, Lord Shen. I am utterly baffled."
Shen Bai narrowed his eyes, a flash of cold, murderous intent in their depths. "I had Wang Teng visit the five major powers to deliver a single message," he said icily.
When these words were spoken, not only Ding Quan but even the furious Wen Jing temporarily suppressed his rage.
He, too, wanted to know what Shen Bai had said.
Shen Bai looked up and spoke slowly. "I told them that the Marquis of Ren De will die, without a doubt. If they atone for their crimes with service, I can report to His Majesty, the Saint Martial Emperor, and spare their lives."
"And they believed me."
The fury in Wen Jing's eyes deepened.
Shen Bai continued slowly, "People always have a choice. I gave them one, but it was their only one. If they had refused, I would have had them all annihilated."
