Chapter 152: How Much Are You Worth?
Wei Yuan unfolded a map and tapped on three separate locations. He said, “The Shamans have divided their forces into three columns this time. The column in the northwest is the strongest, possibly numbering tens of thousands of soldiers. The one in the west has roughly twenty or thirty thousand, and the one in the southwest is the weakest, perhaps fewer than twenty thousand.”
Wei Yuan had estimated this by borrowing Qingming’s power to sense the shifts and changes of worldly qi. It wasn’t entirely accurate, but the relative positions were precise enough.
The closest force was less than two hundred li from the realm, and the farthest one was over three hundred li away. There were several hundred li of distance between each column as well.
At the moment, everyone from the Palace of Absolute Beginning, Yun Feifei and Xu Wan’er were all present. So, Wei Yuan said, “I’m planning to attack the enemy first. I bet they won’t see me leaving the domain and launching a preemptive attack. I should be able to catch them by surprise.”
He then looked at Bao Yun and said, “But before that, can you please speak to Big Senior Sister and check if I’ve missed anything? If everything looks good, then come back and meet up with us.”
Bao Yun nodded and vanished on the spot.
For this expedition, Wei Yuan left Xiao Yu to guard the realm as usual. This time, though, Zhang Sheng would be accompanying him to provide support. After mustering all elite cultivators and having Ji Liuli cast a feng shui array that enhanced their luck, they left the realm and raced southwest.
Wei Yuan was striking out in full force this time. He had left behind only a dozen or so wounded to guard the realm.
An hour later, Bao Yun joined up with him and brought him the latest intelligence.