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Chapter 178 Exploring the Wind
Just as Zhong Ming's squad was taking a short rest, Young Master Yan's troops stormed into the warehouse stronghold.
"Praise the Emperor, the reinforcements have finally arrived!"
The commander shouted these words at the top of his lungs, and the soldiers on the crumbling defensive lines who could still hear the voices were invigorated. Support had arrived; they could survive.
Young Master Yan smiled warmly and waved his feather fan forward. "Everyone, take over the defensive positions immediately, replace the wounded, and quickly reinforce the defenses... You, lead a team to check the warehouse reserves. I need to know how much ammunition is left. Go now."
Young Master Yan strolled leisurely, his feather fan waving slightly, exuding an air of strategizing from within the tent and winning battles from afar, but inwardly he was cursing.
'How can there still be living people? There are still living people!!! Where did the Myriad Soul Blood Jade Flower go? Shouldn't this place have become a forbidden zone for souls, where all approaching demons and humans would have their souls drained and die?'
With a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, Young Master Yan personally helped up the commander, who was already seriously injured, and said excitedly, "Brothers, we are late, you are all great."
"Fellow Daoist, it's good that you've come, it's good that you've come... This defense line will depend on you."
"It's alright. What's the specific situation here? Have any demonic beasts infiltrated the warehouse? Have all the demonic beasts that were originally entrenched in the supply depot been dealt with?"
"We cleaned it up, but many of our brothers perished in the cleaning task."
After a few subtle inquiries, Young Master Yan learned that the Myriad Souls Blood Jade Flower had actually been dealt with.
So, after the new forces withstood the onslaught of the monster horde, he righteously demanded the defense blueprints and began to study how to defend against the monsters (how to make them break through here), while sending his maid to comfort the wounded.
In reality, she was sent to find out what was going on with the Myriad Souls Blood Jade Flower.
Live to see people, die to see corpses.
Bah! I must see the red flower when I'm alive, and the seed when I'm dead.
The maid's gentle and virtuous demeanor quickly made her friends with the wounded. She took out pills and distributed them to the wounded, especially those who had fought against the Myriad Souls Blood Jade Flower.
In this world of all kinds of people, there are always those who are careless. When the maid asked about the previous battle in a sweet and gentle voice, an old soldier immediately started bragging.
"At that moment, that giant spider suddenly exploded. It was truly terrifying! Its entire back split open. Girl, only your brothers could witness such a scene. It was already hard enough for you, a young girl, to go to the battlefield. Imagine actually seeing such a spectacle. Its entire back, the demonic mask, was torn apart, and there was red light everywhere..."
Is it really that scary?
“That’s right,” several boasters immediately got excited, “Little sister, that’s where the red light shines, everyone collapses to the ground, their fate unknown…” The old soldier felt uneasy. Looking around, no one refuted him. He guessed that these people must have all fainted at the time. He laughed wildly to himself. He had finally gotten his chance to show off today.
"Luckily, I was there with a few other determined people. I charged forward fearlessly, feeling as if I could outrun the red light it emitted. Once close, I took out my long staff and struck it several times, rendering it immobile. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw two clever guys operating cannons to my side. I immediately shouted, 'Fire at me!'"
The maid listened and felt he was talking nonsense. She interrupted him, "Brother, what you're saying is so frightening, but there's not a trace of enemy corpses. Are you just bragging and making up battle achievements?"
“Bragging? What bragging? Those corpses, look, are in the hands of that guy whose limbs are all bandaged. You can ask him if you don’t believe me.”
The maid then turned and went to the man dressed as an overseer.
The braggart was kicking himself. Why did I have to be so rude and shift the topic to someone else?
The supervisor slowly opened his eyes, his twin swords at his side. He glanced at the maid and, before she could speak, said, "This is of great importance. We have not yet determined whether the remains still possess any power. Before we hand it over to our superiors after leaving the secret realm, no one is allowed to see it."
"Good brother~ just take a look, let me see it, and I'll feed you this pill."
She brought a yellow pill to her lips, so close she could almost kiss it.
"The execution standards are non-negotiable. My injuries have stopped. Go and save the other brothers. Don't miss the best time for rescue." The supervisor's firm refusal annoyed the maid.
'Could it be that what you said, young master, is true? Am I really that bad at speaking?' she thought to herself, feigning anger. She lifted her foot, and a fragrant breeze wafted from under her lotus-patterned skirt, rushing towards the supervisor. She then turned gracefully and went to chat with the other relevant personnel.
A few minutes later, she steered the conversation back to the supervisor, and so on.
The supervisor appeared silent, but in reality, he had been poisoned for a while.
"Oh, what's wrong?" She rushed over, shook the supervisor, and quietly rummaged around for a moment before taking the storage bag. With a feigned concern, she cried out, "I should have given you the pills! You bunch of stinking men, you're clearly about to die, but you're still so stubborn, saying you'd give them to others first. You're all big liars!"
She cried so hard her eyes were streaked with tears. The wounded soldiers around her didn't know whether to comfort her or not, so in the end they all ended up comforting her and obediently took the medicine.
After the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.
The maid returned to Young Master Yan's side.
“Young master, all those who have seen the Myriad Souls Blood Jade Flower have taken the poison pill. Apart from a few who have already escaped, this is the remains of the Myriad Souls Blood Jade Flower.”
Young Master Yan turned around, grasped the maid's hand, and secretly took the storage bag from her wide sleeve. He used some spiritual energy to break through the restrictions commonly used by the dynasty's soldiers, glanced inside, and gently shook his head.
"You took the trouble."
As soon as she said those words, she realized that the important item was definitely not here.
"It seems that..."
"Ah."
Young Master Yan suddenly shouted, "Brother former commander, you just said that a suicide squad rushed out and brought back footage of the monster tide, is that true?"
"Of course, they are all brave young men."
The man unfolded a map, projected an image, and pointed to a location on the map based on the mountain peaks depicted.
"When the footage was sent back, the monster tide was still this big, now it's about... this far?"
"This is truly valuable intelligence. Did those young men... sacrifice themselves heroically?"
"No, they are the best warriors. They should be advancing along this path now. I ordered them to continue forward to find the Demon King of the Beast Tide. Judging from their successful crossing of the beast tide, they should still be alive."
"That's good." Young Master Yan remembered the location the former commander pointed to and quietly sent out two messages.
He sent a message to his trusted confidant: "Break the dam." A few breaths later, a demonic beast smashed through the warehouse wall and charged in from an unexpected spot, heading straight for the wounded.
Another message was sent to the traitorous supervisors who triggered the beast tide: "Go to this location and follow them. The loot is on one of the squads, the usual routine."
.....
Then, a cluster of demon-attracting incense mysteriously appeared behind the monster horde, drawing the monsters at the back to turn around and surge towards the forest.