C864 Shaken Confidence
"We have already checked the people who were suffering," Qi Tianxiong shook his head, and replied somewhat helplessly. "Other than a few Body Refinement Realm cultivators, the rest of them are all ordinary people who are powerless. I'm afraid they are the citizens of the city who were defeated by Sky Mansion."
"Ordinary people!"
Lin Feng felt his heart skip a beat.
No wonder those people were so sloppy in the chaos. No wonder they didn't even know where they were.
So it turned out that they were just citizens that had been forcefully kidnapped by Sky Mansion. These citizens did not even know what had happened and died in the explosion, and the culprit that caused the explosion was Lin Feng.
"It's me... Killed them. " At this moment, Lin Feng said in a daze. He never thought that his first battle back home would end in failure. He never thought that his carelessness would lead to the death of so many citizens.
"Ah ~"
Qi Tianxiong seemed to empathize with Lin Feng's current state and sighed heavily.
Then, he remembered something and shouted at Lin Feng, "Come, there is something more important to show you."
At this time, Lin Feng seemed to have lost his soul, walking like a walking dead as he followed Qi Tianxiong. Not long after, he stopped in front of a stone monument.
"Take a look. This should be left specifically for you." Qi Tianxiong moved aside so that Lin Feng could see the contents on the monument in more detail.
When Lin Feng saw the first sentence in his vision, his expression suddenly returned to normal.
"Hello, Brother Lin. It's been a long time. I, Yuan Xiaobiao, really do miss you …"
The words that came out after that were all false greetings. In the end, he revealed a deep malice.
"These explosions, they were a gift I specially prepared for you. I don't know if you're satisfied or not, but the corpses of commoners should definitely be able to make you more spirited. Oh right, those cultivators were also captured from Qi Family."
Word by word, it was like a sharp sword stabbing into his heart, causing him so much pain that he wished he was dead. He didn't expect Yuan Xiaobiao to be this vicious.
Lin Feng endured the pain as he finished reading all the words on the monument. Then, he closed his eyes and tried his best to calm down.
However, he could not control himself. His body, which had just awoken, was shaking in anger, and he wanted to fall down. Fortunately, someone beside him noticed and quickly went forward to support him.
After a long while, Lin Feng came back to his senses and lowered his head to Qi Tianxiong, "Sorry Senior Qi, I didn't expect this to happen, I thought …"
"Do you think that the great army you brought back is enough to settle the current predicament? Do you think that the competition between the two armies can only rely on a crushing force? Do you think that after winning the first round, the enemy will be scared of you?" Without waiting for Lin Feng to finish speaking, Qi Tianxiong directly asked the fourth company.
Lin Feng was speechless.
"Come on, let's go back. It seems that we still need to plan our counterattack carefully." Qi Tianxiong held his hands behind his back and shook his head.
It was impossible to tell what kind of emotion he was in, and he didn't know if he was the one grieving for those dead Qi Family descendants. Thus, Lin Feng could only obediently follow them.
Returning to the Kongshan Sect camp, Feng Che actually left his room and welcomed him at the gate.
Lin Feng smiled wryly when he saw his good brother.
Feng Che didn't say anything. He just patted Lin Feng's shoulder as if to encourage him to pull himself together.
Soon after, he followed the two of them and arrived at the temporary combat headquarters. The inside of the headquarters was already filled with people.
They were all the captains of the teams that Lin Feng had arranged before. According to the plan, they should've started attacking one after another after seeing Lin Feng fire the first shot. However, they were sitting here now.
All of them had solemn looks on their faces.
When they saw Lin Feng enter, some of them were worried. Some of them even complained, and there was even reproach and disbelief.
Lin Feng had to be prepared for the consequences. Who would think that they could only draw big cakes and give everyone a beautiful vision? They were generals who failed faster than anyone else.1
In this failure, many of the stronger members of the camp had been lost. Those could be the final words of some sects.
Things had already happened, so Lin Feng couldn't avoid it. Under everyone's gazes, he sat down.
Coughing lightly, he spoke first, "I believe everyone knows what happened before. The enemies' preparations were far more thorough than what we had imagined. Their hearts were far more vicious than what we had imagined. This time, it was my mistake!"
"Sect Master Lin, originally, it was the first shot of the counter attack. But now, it should be considered as something. In just the first battle, we already experienced the bitter taste of defeat. After that, do we still have any hope of winning?"
Some of the people present immediately raised their opinions. From the looks of it, after this failure, they had accumulated a deep grudge. Their tone of voice carried a strong attitude of inquiry.
Facing this question, Lin Feng's expression became serious, and he nodded with certainty, "Of course there is. This time, it was only my mistake. But in terms of strength, our side will definitely be crushed."
Speaking of this, Lin Feng also suddenly remembered why senior Ao Chen and the others did not come out to help when the explosion occurred. Could it be that such a difficult time was not enough to enter their eyes?
"Sect Master Lin, it's not that I want to extinguish my prestige, but rather raise the morale of others. Right now, whether it's in terms of military strength or strength, we are far from being able to match up to Sky Mansion. How can you be so confident?" Another voice sounded.
They originally thought that Lin Feng would bring elite soldiers, but in the end, without even sending out the slightest bit of their Sky Mansion, they forced their side into such a dangerous situation.
Anyone with a discerning eye would be able to see through this gap.
Lin Feng knew that if he continued hiding this hidden force, before the Sky Mansion attack, his side would collapse.
Who would have thought that when he was defending wholeheartedly, there would be so many things to deal with. Now that he had changed from defending to attacking, all sorts of objections appeared.
"Of course I'm confident!"
Suddenly, a deep voice rushed into the crowd's ears, but it was not from Lin Feng.
The faces of everyone present changed, their gazes turning to the door. As the door slowly opened, three middle-aged men stood outside, looking at the person in the room with smiles on their faces.
"Who are you? "How dare you barge into the camp!" Someone sensed the terrifying aura from the middle-aged man and immediately questioned him with a stern voice, at the same time taking up a defensive posture.
As for Lin Feng, his face was filled with surprise as he shouted, "Yes, Senior Feng!"
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