Once the chief died, the other minions immediately scattered and fled.
The group went down the mountain to capture prisoners, seizing seven or eight hundred able-bodied laborers. Everyone was overjoyed.
"Using the aura of a military formation to suppress martial arts experts—this is the treasure Emperor Shun left us!" Li Haiyun said encouragingly.
"This is wonderful! We won't have to fear those martial arts experts anymore!"
"Exactly. We won't need to worry about them stealing our land and extorting our grain and supplies anymore."
"Sir, does this military formation method really have no weaknesses?" someone suddenly asked.
"This was left behind by a sage. How could it have any weaknesses?" Li Haiyun naturally knew it had weaknesses, but he would not reveal them.
Among these people, at most one-tenth truly and wholeheartedly wished to follow him.
"So that's how it is. When will we attack the county town? I heard General Shi in the northwest already breached Tonghui City! What a pity the great martial sects drove him back out."
"He's that formidable? I heard Tonghui City has a full hundred thousand troops stationed within it!"
"We have the Sacred Emperor's legacy. We'll definitely surpass them in the future."
Yet just as everyone was thinking of fighting their way out of the mountains, Li Haiyun had them continue digging the reservoir after their victory.
Some were quite resentful, believing the prisoners should do all this work while they merely acted as overseers.
But Li Haiyun told them that having the prisoners work was meant to enlighten them, not to turn themselves into masters...
The moment those words were spoken, more than a dozen people fled that very night.
Two of them had even been carefully cultivated by him and had attained considerable proficiency in the Myriad Hearts as One Technique.