A Chaotic World

Chapter 200: Does That Make Sense?

"So that is what happened" General Mojian closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh.

At this moment, the upper echelons of the camp had all gathered together in the command tent. Standing in front of them were none other than Nanlan Qianxue, Nanqing Haowen, as well as Juncheng.

"Please do not blame them, General Mojian. Given that the opponent is an Origin Core realm martial artist, there is surely little they can do in that situation." Elder Mingxin hurriedly stepped out to plead on their behalfs, worried that General Mojian would vent his anger out on the trio.

Then again, how could she not worry?

They had only just returned from a massive battle, and many of them had suffered injuries of varying degrees.

Yet instead of allowing those injured to have a good rest, General Mojian had summoned everyone to the command tent, wanting the returned members of the assault party to give a detailed account of what happened.

Even though Elder Mingxin was just as worried about Nanlu Tianzi's safety, the three in front of her were similarly members of the Nine Suns Sect.

Not just that, but even the majority of their squad members was from the sect as well.

Abandoning a core member of their team to escape with their lives this could go south very quickly if they failed to handle things properly here.

Before talking about saving Nanlu Tianzi, Elder Mingxin had to first protect those who were in front of her!

"There is little they can do in that situation? They are all at the Essence Condensation realm. If they can't do anything in front of an Origin Core realm, then is that any different for Nanlu Tianzi?" a middle aged man remarked immediately. "For them to return while leaving one of their squad leaders behind, this is obviously a matter of cowardice in battle. They cannot go unpunished."

Elder Mingxin shot a hateful glare towards the person who had just spoken.

"Those are some big words, especially when you are the one who had suggested that we send such a small force on this dangerous mission!" Elder Mingxin snapped.

Indeed, this middle aged man was none other than Beiqian Zuo, an Elder of the Flying Dragon Hall.

Back then while they were still at the main camp of the Central Battlefields, Marshal Xianming had initially planned on sending in the very elites of their Essence Condensation realm forces.

However, he ended up heeding Beiqian Zuo's suggestion, trusting in the strength of the top ranker of the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet.

Now that things did not turn out well, Beiqian Zuo was actually pushing the blame to the ones who had been sent?

Wasn't that too shameless of him?

At this moment, even General Mojian could not help but shoot a cold glance at Beiqian Zuo.

So Beiqian Zuo was the one who suggested this.

If his reputation ended up being affected by this matter, he certainly would not let this Beiqian Zuo off easily either!

Of course, Beiqian Zuo was completely oblivious to General Mojian's thoughts.

"I understand your feelings right now, but please do not take your anger out on me, Elder Mingxin." Beiqian Zuo smirked. "Or is there anything wrong with what I just said?"

Elder Mingxin gritted her teeth in frustration. "They might be talented youngsters as well, but how can they be compared with Nanlu Tianzi who is the top ranker of the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet? Surely Nanlu Tianzi asked them to leave only because he had a plan"

Despite her own words, Elder Mingxin herself could not help but worry deep inside.

Yes, it was a known fact that Nanlu Tianzi was far ahead of his peers in terms of strength. But when faced with a true Origin Core realm enemy, even Elder Mingxin was not too confident of his success.

"No matter what their rank was during the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet, they are all at the Essence Condensation realm. How much difference can there be? But even before that, I think we need to ask ourselves one more question," Beiqian Zuo continued. "Did Nanlu Tianzi really ask them to leave? Or are they cowards who abandoned him, escaping while he was still fighting for them?"

"We certainly did not abandon him!" Nanlan Qianxue retorted indignantly.

"She's right! Squad Leader Nanlu specifically asked us to leave while he buys time for us!" Juncheng added immediately.

"I see that not all of you are just as confident about the matter," Beiqian Zuo instantly zoomed in on the guilt stricken look on Nanqing Haowen's face.

"Eh?" Nanqing Haowen was startled upon behind called out like that.

There were a thousand thoughts running through his mind right now.

It might be true that Nanlu Tianzi asked them to escape first. But it was just as true that in his moment of safety, he had completely forgotten about his Brother Nanlu.

This matter had been weighing on his mind since earlier, and he could not help but feel ashamed of himself.

Now that Beiqian Zuo had labelled them as cowards, Nanqing Haowen started to doubt himself, thinking that perhaps he really was a coward deep inside!

After all, Nanlan Qianxue had never, at any moment, forgotten about Nanlu Tianzi's fight. She had even wanting to rejoin the battle to rescue him.

"What are you doing zoning out like that? Hurry up and tell them what happened!" Nanlan Qianxue frowned as she conveyed her voice over.

"Y-Yeah, he did ask us to leave first" Nanqing Haowen snapped out of his daze, but it was already too late.

"That is very confidently spoken," Beiqian Zuo commented in a sarcastic manner. "I have nothing else to say."

In fact, even Beiqian Zuo was feeling slightly confused at the moment.

He knew exactly why things had gone wrong, because he was the one who had leaked their plans to the enemy in the first place!

This was what he and Beiqian You had come up with, all for the sake of avenging his direct disciple Beiqian Peng.

By doing so, they were hoping that the Dragon Cauldron Army would station a strong enough defence that could eliminate Nanlu Tianzi. As for the rest of the assault party, they could just die along with Nanlu Tianzi for all he cared.

Even if the Dragon Cauldron Army did not believe their words, the extraction team would still be there to eliminate the assault party on the way back.

But from the looks of it, the Dragon Cauldron Army appeared to have taken them seriously, which saved them quite a bit of trouble.

Still, is this squad leader called Nanqing Haowen?

What is with his hesitation and guilt stricken face right now?

No way

Could it be that they really abandoned Nanlu Tianzi?

That would be quite the interesting twist!

"Commander!" Elder Mingxin ignored Beiqian Zuo, instead turning towards the one who mattered. "They three squad leaders have a very good relationship. They would never abandon Nanlu Tianzi in battle!"

"Even best friends can turn on each other in the face of benefits," Beiqian Zuo added.

"You!" Elder Mingxin cursed inwardly while trying her best to contain her rage.

"Enough," General Mojian finally interjected, and the command tent fell into silence once more.

Turning towards Elder Mingxin, General Mojian let out yet another deep sigh. "Don't worry, I will not punish them without reason. Right now, the more pressing matter at hand is to figure out the current situation at Nanlu Tianzi's side."

"Thank you, Commander," Elder Mingxin clasped her fist in gratitude.

"Thank you, Commander!" the trio called out in unison as well.

"Mm," General Mojian nodded to them in response, before turning to Beiqian Zuo. "Has the extraction team answered yet?"

"No, they have not," Beiqian Zuo shook his head calmly. "Perhaps they are still fighting to rescue Nanlu Tianzi."

He had been trying to contact Beiqian You's communication ring since earlier, but there had been no replies till now.

There was naturally no way that they were truly trying hard to find Nanlu Tianzi, of that Beiqian Zuo was sure.

So could it be that Nanlu Tianzi had escaped from the Origin Core realm martial artist of the Dragon Cauldron Army, forcing Beiqian You to use the Isolation Chime Bell?

As expected, Nanlu Tianzi's movement techniques were as impressive as ever!

But even so, Beiqian Zuo was not worried.

There was no running from the Isolation Chime Bell, and Nanlu Tianzi's fancy footwork would be rendered useless when facing up against the Dragon's Descent Formation.

At this moment, Nanlan Qianxue suddenly lit up in surprise. "I just received a message from Tian- from Squad Leader Nanlu Tianzi!"

"What?!" everyone's attention immediately turned towards her.

"Ask him where he is right now!" General Mojian instructed, and Nanlan Qianxue did as she was told.

"He said that he is currently on his way back to the main camp, and will be arriving shortly," Nanlan Qianxue smiled in relief even as she relayed the information to the rest.

"He said that? Nanlu Tianzi did?" Beiqian Zuo frowned, unable to make sense of the situation. "What about the extraction team? Are they with him?"

"He said that he is tired, and will explain everything when he arrives," Nanlan Qianxue relayed the message once more.

"What nonsense!" Beiqian Zuo cursed. "Tired? How tiring can it be to say a few more words?"

"He just fought off an Origin Core realm opponent, what is wrong with being tired?" Elder Mingxin responded. "Why don't you try fighting an Overlord realm opponent and see if you will still be in the mood to chat?"

"Tch!" Beiqian Zuo clicked his tongue, not bothering to reply anymore. At the same time, he continued trying to contact Beiqian You and the rest of the extraction team, but his efforts were destined to all be in vain.

"I will go bring him here instead," Elder Mingxin offered.

Even though Nanlu Tianzi had said that he was returning, Elder Mingxin was still worried about his current condition.

"Very well, we will wait for him here then," General Mojian nodded in agreement, and Elder Mingxin quickly made her exit.

After leaving the command tent, Elder Mingxin immediately soared into the air, heading in the direction that Lu Tianzi was supposed to be coming from.

Before long, she could spot a lone figure heading in her direction.

"Nanlu Tianzi," Elder Mingxin descended to the ground as she took a good look at this youngster.

While he looked slightly exhausted, Nanlu Tianzi still seemed to be in relatively good condition. At the very least, he appeared to be doing far better than what she had expected.

"Elder Mingxin?" Lu Tianzi called out in genuine surprise. "Why are you here?"

"I came to get you," Elder Mingxin answered. "I heard that you were forced to engage an Origin Core realm opponent so that the rest could escape. Are you all right?"

"Yeah," Lu Tianzi nodded with a smile. "I managed to get away somehow."

"That's good," Elder Mingxin finally relaxed, and her beautiful countenance lit up with a dazzling smile. "Still, you must be really tired. You can relax for now. I will bring you back to the camp."

Before Lu Tianzi could reply, an invisible force stretched out from Elder Mingxin, wrapping around him and gently picking him up from the ground.

After which, the duo soared through the air as they headed back for the army camp.

***

"What?" Beiqian Zuo felt the corner of his mouth twitch uncontrollably. "I think I must have misheard. Can you repeat what you just said?"

"As I said, the extraction team came to bail me out while I was engaged with the enemy, allowing me to break out of their encirclement." Lu Tianzi spoke solemnly. "After that, I offered to stay and help them out, but they said that I will only slow them down, asking me to return to the camp first. Despite that, I was still intending to stay on, but they suddenly formed up into a powerful battle formation, bursting forth with an unexpected level of strength! It was only then that I finally believed their words and left. Had I stayed around, I might really end up slowing them down. But as for their current situation, I am afraid that I have no idea either."

"They did that? Does that even make any sense?" Beiqian Zuo subconsciously voiced out his true feelings.

When he first saw Nanlu Tianzi return with Elder Mingxin, Beiqian Zuo had been completely dumbfounded.

After giving it some thought, Beiqian Zuo started to believe that Nanlu Tianzi could have been forced to take a separate route back due to the pursuit by an Origin Core realm enemy, therefore bypassing the extraction team altogether.

But what the hell is he saying right now?

The extraction team helped him escape the enemy?

Does that make sense?

There was no way it did!

To hell with that bullshit!

Hearing his question, Lu Tianzi could not help but let out a smirk as he gave this middle age man a good lookover.

Lu Tianzi had yet to hear this person's name, but it was extremely likely that he was none other than Beiqian Zuo, the one who had plotted against him along with Beiqian You!

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