Chapter 428: The Little Girl at the Lotus Pond (2)
Upon hearing Zi Shang’s words, Yun Jiuge immediately cast a ray of Spiritual Light to stop the soldiers from getting into the water. Thereafter, she brandished her whip and flogged every single soldier who tried to save the little girl.
“Lady Yun, what are you doing?” Leng Hui asked. His heart ached when he saw his soldiers being whipped by Yun Jiuge.
“Did I say you could get in the water?” Yun Jiuge yelled. Her face was expressionless and her stern eyes swept across the soldiers’ faces. Her gaze eventually rested on Leng Hui before she continued, “You promised me that you’d listen to everything that I say. But, you and your men were clearly acting however you pleased earlier. Is this how you lead your men?”
“I was wrong. Please punish me accordingly, Lady Yun,” Leng Hui apologized at once. There were still seven cores of the spell formation that needed to be destroyed. He could not afford to offend Yun Jiuge right now.
Although Yun Jiuge knew that Leng Hui was not entirely at fault, she still gave him a whip mercilessly.
She knew she had to teach them a painful lesson now, or they might end up making a bigger, irrevocable mistake in the future.
The 300 elite soldiers only revered Yun Jiuge more after seeing how the emperor of their kingdom was willing to be punished by her in order to appease her.
Yun Jiuge noticed that the soldiers had come to their senses, and she immediately asked Zi Shang, “What’s wrong with the Lotus Pond? How are we supposed to destroy it?”
“Get them to dig a hole and drain all the water in the Lotus Pond,” Zi Shang answered. He controlled Yun Jiuge’s hands and drew two purple lines at the edge of the Lotus Pond while saying, “Ask them to dig a deep hole within these two lines.”