Chapter 158 - 149: Panic Left and Right; East or West Undecided
"Did General Pei win or lose?" Xie Lian asked.
"Won. And lost." Pei Su answered.
All the insurgents died under Pei Ming's sword, and among them were many veterans who shared decades of friendship with him.
The sword 'Ming Guang' had always been used to fight alongside them, and now, it had become the weapon to butcher them.
Just as the slaughtering was coming to an end, and the results of the fight clear, the ruler of XuLi judiciously ordered for the bloodied, barely mobile Pei Ming to be surrounded under the offense of treason.
Pei Ming might be good in fighting wars, but if the battlefield wasn't one of real swords and weapons, he might not be victorious. He was clearly fighting foes and defending the throne, but in the end he only won a "Kill on Sight!"
Pei Ming held that pot in his hand; it wasn't that he didn't hear what they were discussing, only he didn't have the time to care. "I should've known it was you. This is very much your style."
Thinking back, it must've been Rong Guang's resentment possessing that broken sword so thoroughly dyed in the blood of millions, and having connected with its bitterness that he survived this long. However, the voice inside the pot was still cold, "Your brothers are all long dead. I'm nothing but a sword."
Xie Lian knew that he may probably never admit to it and continuing to question would be fruitless. "Nevermind, General Pei."
Pei Ming nodded and returned the pot to Pei Su.
Thus, they subdued two particularly nasty ghosts. Overlooking all others, this could be considered a good start. "General Pei and I will continue to go further into Mount TongLu," Xie Lian said, "Ban Yue, how about you two? Will you go find Lord Rain Master?"