Chapter 372: Adjusting the Strategy (1/2)
Lu Wenshu might be steady but his face betrayed his shock. ”What did you say?!”
The incident had to be told from the beginning. Lu Wenshu’s junior and members of his sect were discovered in the morning…
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When the soldiers that Pei Rumo had left behind at the borders of the Desolate Region received the orders from their Commander in Chief, all of them became extremely eager to earn merits. Although there were only a few individuals and a few captains who were chosen to complete the task, they were elated. This caused some unexpected repercussions.
They were supposed to explore the borders of the Desolate Region to take note of any suspicious personnel. Someone came up with the bright idea and the whole group of them swaggered towards the central region of the Desolate Region trying to look for clues. They thought that it was just a short adventure but they never expected that they would run into a small group of people wearing the same type of clothes.
The scouts who went out were rather young and there was a saying that went, ‘A young calf knows no fear’. They disregarded everything and they immediately engaged the group of unknown men.
Those people were Lu Wenshu’s juniors. Even though they were from a sect, they didn’t have much battle experience. When they were suddenly surrounded by a huge army, they were terrified. A group of cultivators were actually suppressed by a small troop of soldiers. They even fell onto the back foot as their clothes were sliced up by the soldiers’ ordinary weapons.
After Pei Rumo's soldiers obtained their spoils of victory, they looked as if they had won a war trophy and quickly retreated. After seeing the barbaric behavior of the soldiers, the sect disciples were stunned. They didn’t know what to do as they watched the soldiers leave.
When they finally realized that something was wrong, they quickly sent one of their fellow disciples to look for Lu Wenshu. As for what happened next…
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Lu Wenshu met with his juniors and he had a belly full of anger. With nowhere to vent it, he picked up a tea cup and smashed it onto the ground. A piece happened to rebound and cut the face of one of his juniors.
”What are you guys doing?! I asked you to treat this expedition seriously and treat everyone you meet as enemies. What in the world is going on?! A bunch of cultivators were defeated by mere soldiers… If this matter is made known, how will you face your masters?! Our sect will be the laughing stock of the world!”
The disciples knew they were wrong and didn't refute. They simply stood there silently while listening to Lu Wenshu's lecture.
After a long moment, Lu Wenshu's anger finally receded, “Apart from a corner of your clothes, what else did you lose?”
Lu Wenshu nodded and dismissed them.
It seemed as though he had to look for a time to confront Pei Rumo and Bai Luochu. He was afraid they would make things worse.
While Lu Wenshu and his juniors almost broke out into fights, Pei Rumo’s army portrayed a completely different atmosphere. It was just early evening and they had already delivered the information along with the piece of fabric to Pei Rumo.