Chapter 761: Chapter 306: Helplessness, Shifting Loyalties, Total Annihilation and New Territory (Part 2)
“All right, listen to the leader and go ahead to keep watch!”
Although Li Xuandu did not agree, he still chose to uphold Li Xuanling’s authority as leader, letting everyone else perform their duties.
“The tunnel is fast, we can reach Wushuang in ten minutes, and once we get there, Wushuang will dispatch a group back to Long Mountain. Go!”
Everyone nodded and reluctantly dispersed towards the front of the tunnel.
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“They’re coming, they’re coming, it’s people from Long Mountain!”
At seven kilometers northwest of Beehive, on a snow hill, Chen Ying rushed from the south side and quietly warned the three figures hiding behind the snow hill.
“Who is coming?”
“Soldier or Cold Resistance Level?”
“Could it be Li Xuanling?”
Behind the snow hill, Bai Wuting, Lin Fan, and Lu He spoke up in succession to inquire.
The three held broadswords like Chen Ying, each carrying a strong bow on their backs.
“It’s Cold Resistance Level. Li Xuanling is too shrewd; he has dispersed many Cold Resistance Level individuals on either side of the straight path on alert. They’re specifically guarding against us…”
Upon hearing Chen Ying’s words, Bai Wuting’s face immediately darkened.
Five days ago, on the night of July 1st, they had originally followed the seven thousand troops led by Yue Feng to garrison Beehive, but upon arrival, they received Xia Chuan’s orders for Bai Wuting to lead the team of four to guard the straight path between Beehive and Wushuang.
“I’ve already ordered people to bury many torches on both sides of the straight path at the seven-kilometer, fourteen-kilometer, and end-point locations. Starting tonight, if any large army is found on the straight path, you must immediately ignite the torches.”
This was Xia Chuan’s order; the four, being veterans of the camp, understood the function of these small torches, immediately grasping Xia Chuan’s intention.
“We’ve been squatting here for five days, ignoring all the noise at Beehive. Finally having caught something, we must not fail now; we need a plan!”
As Bai Wuting spoke, the other three heavily nodded in agreement.
“The Cold Resistance Level folks from Long Mountain are too strong and too close; we’ll surely be discovered. A frontal clash is unwise. If they’re sending people to keep watch on both sides of the straight path, we’ll do nothing in front to numb them, then go straight to the end-point location, find the four furthest shooting spots to hide first, and when the army arrives, seize the opportunity to strike separately. Four chances! I refuse to believe we won’t succeed once. You get what I mean, right?”
After Bai Wuting finished speaking, he looked steadily at the three, who clearly understood his gaze, nodding heavily with grave expressions.
“Fine!”
After Bai Wuting spoke, he led the three in keeping as far from the tunnel area as possible, heading directly toward the northern end of the tunnel.
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“The boy is simply too young, too cautious, afraid of everything. Great Xia’s people have been hit so hard, what tricks could they still pull in the tunnel? The most pressing issue is the encampment, yet she still holds us back from leaving.”
At the end of Xia’s direct path, Li Xuanping stood at the exit with an extremely grim expression.
Beside him, Li Xuanqiu was already worried, and upon hearing this, couldn’t help but say, “Father’s arm is severed, who knows what’s happened to him? I can’t do it; I need to go back to Long Mountain first.”
Li Xuanqiu finished and truly got up, preparing to walk westward.
“Li Xuanqiu, prioritize the leader’s orders!”
Unable to hold himself back, Meng Ying called out to stop her. Earlier, Li Xuanling had ordered them, seven in total, to walk ahead through the tunnel to reconnoiter the situation. All seven managed to reach the exit without finding anything unusual, and while waiting for the main force from behind, Li Xuanqiu wanted to break away and head directly back to Long Mountain, so he naturally tried to dissuade her.
Li Xuanqiu halted, turned, and sneered: “It’s not her father who lost an arm; she naturally doesn’t care. If it were uncle who had an arm severed, I wonder if Li Xuanling would still be so calm.”
Meng Ying was momentarily stunned, looking at the Li siblings, his words silencing him.
He genuinely couldn’t say much; Li Tiancheng, who lost an arm, was the siblings’ father; their reactions were indeed hard to criticize.
“Brother, come with me. Let’s go back to Long Mountain first; if father encounters any issues and we’re delayed, we’ll regret it forever!”
Standing in place with a fluctuating expression, Li Xuanping finally bit his lip and followed behind Li Xuanqiu, saying gruffly, “Let’s go!”
“Xuanping, Xuanqiu, without the leader’s order, you cannot leave.”
Seeing the two really taking steps away, Meng Ying’s face instantly filled with urgency, but no matter how he called, the siblings wouldn’t turn back, sprinting westward toward Long Mountain until only their backs remained.
“Let them go; having two more people check on the encampment isn’t a bad thing!”
Upon hearing Jiang Ping’s words, Meng Ying’s expression slightly froze, turning to find Li Xuanhong, Cheng Guang, and Song Kang all unresponsive. He no longer said much, continuing to keep watch with them.
Meng Ying’s wife and child were also in Long Mountain, and he worried about the encampment’s safety. Seeing the siblings willing to bear the guilt of disobeying the leader to return to Long Mountain first, he rationally didn’t approve, but was pleased with their decision.
Clank… Clank……
Cold Resistance Level hearing is far superior to ordinary people. In just a hundred or so breaths, the five heard the sounds of military movement within the tunnel, about two hundred meters away, and their previously vigilant expressions immediately relaxed.
“I told you, nothing would happen.”
“Even if Great Xia wants an ambush, they’ve no manpower to send.”
“If Xia Chuan brought those seven thousand Earth-digging Realm soldiers here for an ambush, it’d save us quite a bit of trouble.”