46 The siege begins (1/2)

After he left the queen's quarters, Bai Yun found an exit he had not used before and left the bee quarters. He tried to be as stealthy as he could, but he was still found out when he was more than halfway through. From then on he had a slightly hard time leaving the hive. But he still managed to do so relatively easily.

Once he left the hive, he quickly found an exit and then left the beast den. When he left the mountain Bai Yun realized that he had left from a different cave than the one he used to enter.

By now the lance he had made was mostly damaged. He threw the object away, and headed towards a river nearby. When he reached there, there were a few insects there, drinking the water. Without a weapon he ended up having to rip them apart with his bare arms.

Once he reached the side of the river, he nearly punched the river in reflex. When he looked at his reflection in the river, he smiled wryly. Not only was he covered in the blood of insects and his own, some of it was blue and some red, making it even more hideous. His clothes were ripped in many places, and there were pieces of flesh in his hair.

Bai Yun jumped into the river, and cleaned himself. He then took of his shirt to check his body.

When he saw the results he ended up nearly crying. His body was lean, but there was no muscles to be seen. And he thought that he even saw a tinge of flab in his belly. 'It was only a tinge, that's why I missed it.' Bai Yun hypnotized himself. He then tried to stretch his body, only to stop in pain.

'At least some good came of this excursion.' Bai Yun thought. 'Now I know what I have to fix.'

Since he had not cultivated till he became fourteen, Bai Yun's body had already reached a critical stage. He had passed the optimal time to start training and his body had started to stiffen. And ever since he was reborn, Bai Yun was focused on increasing his cultivation and learning battle techniques, and had completely ignored his body. The thought never even crossed his mind. After all, in his past life he had started cultivation when he was an infant, and had never had to face this mess.

'I ignored the foundations and focused only on the outside.' He thought.

Bai Yun pinched his waist, only to find that between his fingers was fat.

'Mission Priority One: Turn this body into something I can look at in the mirror without crying.' Bai Yun declared in his heart.

Once he was done with this, he changed his clothes, and headed back to plaza. Due to his various delays, he reached the meeting place about ten minutes late. When he reached there, about ninety people were already there.

”There you are” Zhang Zi said ”I was starting to wonder if you had kicked it.”

”Is everyone here?” Bai Yun asked him.

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”Three participants died when they went out hunting. We thought that the same happened with you.” Zhang Zi said.

”What? How the hell did that happen?” Bai Yun asked.

”Those morons found a precious herb that was being protected by some beasts. They were too greedy and didn't call for reinforcements. The beasts on the other hand, did. By the time we got there, they were already dead. In the end the herb ended up with me and Hui.”

Bai Yun shook his head. The situation was getting messier. With ninety five people, the whole problem would only get harder. ”What about the teams for the siege? Have they decided on them yet?”

”They are still deliberating. They can't decide on how many people should go. Its not just that some people want to defend or some people want to attack, the problem is that they can't even decide on how many people should be in the attacking team. So they are all still trying to figure it out.”

Bai Yun looked at the group. They were all simply fighting between them. Some people wanted to take a large attacking force and storm the beast den, while some wanted to take a small elite force and leave the rest of them for defense. Gong Ming simply watched all of this transpiring without intervening.

After this went on for a while Bai Yun stepped up. ”STOP.” He shouted. The entire group turned to him in stunned silence. Zhang Zi, who had almost fallen asleep, woke up with a start.

”Now that I have you attention, do any of you have idea how it is inside the beast den?” Bai Yun asked.

The group stared at him. ”Who the hell do you think you are?” One of them shouted. ”If you have something to say, then say it. Else shut up!” Another one continued. The rest of the group quickly followed suit, and threw in a few insults in the mix.