coobybook Chapter 307 Sadness
Chapter 307 Sadness
When he contacted Wen Zhibai, it was already the end of the seventh year, on the eve of Wen Ruohan and the other two undergoing the Golden Core Tribulation.
In the past year or so, Elder Lan and his group have fought and killed their former comrades on the battlefield with all their might, even more fiercely and diligently than the people of the old forces!
Thousands of people have died at their hands. Under such circumstances, the Second Elder Lan's initial message did not gain the slightest trust from Wen Zhibai and Lan Wenjing (Wen Zhibai reported it immediately upon receiving the message).
Finally, with the help of Wei Ying who rushed over, the truth of Elder Lan's words was verified using a newly created Truth Talisman!
It was thanks to the detailed and effective intelligence gathered by Elder Lan and others that the new camp's operation to eradicate the deeply hidden and widespread old forces was so successful!
In order to minimize losses to their own side, Lan Wenjing and his team's cleanup operation only targeted forces on the outskirts of the enemy camp. This was to prevent them from being too aggressive and causing the enemy leaders to realize the crisis and resort to desperate measures, which would result in even greater casualties for their own soldiers!
Judging from the subsequent development of events, it is clear that Wei Ying's side achieved good results with its actions!
This meeting between Wen and Lan at the Lonely Peak Snow Pavilion took place on the eve of Wei Ying's camp's decision to launch a final battle to wipe out all the reactionary forces.
Wen Zhibai came to inform the lurking Elder Lan Er to lead the remaining people to withdraw from the enemy camp in advance and return to their own base.
Unexpectedly, Elder Lan resolutely refused!
However, the determination and consideration clearly revealed in Elder Lan's resounding words left Wen Zhibai speechless!
The irreconcilable differences in ideology and the most loyal support for the interests of the family led to the only and unsolvable choice for Elder Lan and others!
Having figured this out, Wen Zhibai no longer had the urge to chase after Elder Lan. He simply stood there, gazing silently in the direction where Elder Lan had left.
After a long while, he flicked his sleeve and put the tea table, teacups and other items in the pavilion into his Qiankun sleeve. Then he tore open a teleportation talisman he carried with him and instantly returned to the temporary command camp set up by Wei Ying's camp behind the front-line battlefield!
The moment he appeared, a barrage of urgent words rained down on him.
"Well? Did that stubborn second brother agree?!" Lan Da Elder, who was closest to Lan Er Elder of the Lan Clan, twirled his beard and rushed to the front, disregarding his dignity, and shouted at Wen Zhibai!
At the same time, a large group of people swarmed towards Wen Zhibai, shouting out their most pressing questions!
"Fellow Daoist Wen, have my great-uncle and the others said when they will withdraw?"
"Zhibai, do your fifth uncle, Yuanshan uncle, and Ruoyu cousin realize their mistakes? When do they plan to return to the ancestral hall to apologize to the ancestors and the elders?!"
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Faced with a barrage of questions from a dozen or so high-ranking and elderly relatives surrounding him, Wen Zhibai simply lowered his brows and remained silent.
When they received no reply from Wen Zhibai for a long time and saw his unchanged expression, everyone was startled. The unusually noisy commotion suddenly cooled down, and for a moment, the entire scene was silent!
After a while, the group of people, who seemed to have guessed the choices of Elder Lan and the others based on Wen Zhibai's attitude, suddenly lost their spirits. Like deflated balloons, they left dejectedly and sadly.
After the crowd dispersed, Wen Zhibai looked up with a hint of disappointment and bowed to Lan Wenjing and the others who were walking towards him. "Sect Master, Sect Master Lan, Sect Master Nie, I have failed in my duty and have not been able to persuade Elder Lan the Second!"
Upon hearing this, a lingering melancholy crept into the eyes of Lan Wenjing and the others. Although they felt regret and sorrow over the decision of Elder Lan Er and the others, they knew their temperament of "going all the way down a path and never turning back," and knew that the failure of this trip was not Wen Zhibai's fault.
So the group waved their hands, indicating that Wen Zhibai didn't need to do that, and nodded slightly, indicating that he should follow them back to the main camp to gather the key decision-makers for a meeting to discuss and decide on the time, location, and various military arrangements for the final battle!