Announcing on the world channel and revealing every piece of information he had gathered not only caught Luotian Dao completely off guard—even Ye Weiming himself had never imagined that he would make such a decision.
In fact, Ye Weiming's original plan had been to make the Divine Constable Bureau squad the main force, with the three teams from Wudang Sect, the Ancient Tomb, and the Tang Clan acting as support. Relying on the strength of those four teams, they would eliminate every obstacle in this mission, safely rescue Guo Jing and his mother back to the Central Plains, and claim all the credit for himself and his friends.
That would better align with Ye Weiming's two long-standing principles of conduct...
1. Maximize benefits.
2. Stick with me, and you'll eat well and live well.
Moreover, based on his many previous simulations, he had concluded that the plan had at least a seventy percent chance of success.
There might be some casualties among the four squads along the way, but the mission rewards afterward would definitely be enough to make up for their losses—and perhaps even leave them richly rewarded.
However, a conversation with Granny Guo had changed Ye Weiming's mind.
Five minutes earlier...
Ye Weiming and Granny Guo hurried through the secret passage. Since the rear of the group had become the front, Granny Guo was now walking ahead, and her body began trembling slightly without her control.
After all, this secret passage was simply too long and too dark. Granny Guo was, after all, a woman. Even if she was an extraordinary woman who could calmly die for the greater good, being afraid of the dark was only human.
Even with the luminous pearl Ye Weiming had given her to light the way, its cold, ghostly glow offered little