Chapter 157 - 115, Sacrifice small things for big gains
"The drumbeats commenced, and the warriors prepared their meals. With the second beat, they tightened their armor. The third called forth the blade from its sheath, and at the fourth, soldiers were handed their commands. In advance and retreat, all must heed the call, for disobedience would surely meet the blade; all troops and lords return to camp!"
Chen Ji looked up only to see a figure in a brown robe humming a tune, slowly walking up the riverbank and disappearing behind rows of willows.
The figure had come in haste and left just as quickly.
Like a famous actor on stage who, after performing his highlight, retreats into the shadows beyond.
This time, Chen Ji was prepared to forcefully confront the dream with the fiery energy within his body; he even planned to try pulling Meng Ji into Xuanyuan’s Qingshan.
If his actions were exposed, he might be captured and thrown into the inner prison. If he could argue for exile, he would devote himself to practicing the Sword Seed Path in the land of his banishment and, upon returning to the Central Plains, slay all these treacherous dogs with a single sword!
Of course, he might not secure an exile, and then he would have to resort to small inventions to bargain for leniency.
Chen Ji had considered many possibilities before entering the dream.
But he had not anticipated that Meng Ji would let down his guard.
He did not feel any animosity from Meng Ji, only a sense... of envy.
Remembering Meng Ji’s reference to "gaining favor from that lord," he suddenly realized: someone had instructed Meng Ji not to interrogate him.