"Where do we go from here?"
After informing everyone of the current situation, especially the fact that Second Grand Authority Priest Tong Na had died for the nation, the brief shock and confusion passed, and everyone fell silent once more.
No one present was foolish. They all understood the true meaning behind Ye Zhen's question.
Under the Great Zhou Military Code, their group were deserters and defeated soldiers who had abandoned the Blood River Forbidden Zone.
Although there were many extenuating circumstances, and Ye Zhen even suspected that Second Grand Authority Priest Tong Na's final testament might contain an account of this matter, military law was merciless.
Ye Zhen was even less willing to place his fate in someone else's hands—or leave it to luck.
In truth, Ye Zhen had a more direct way to leave this Bloodlight Grand Formation before it erupted.
If he had the Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Twelve Yuan Chen Celestial Treasure Beads, send him directly to the vicinity of North Sea Commandery, he could take the brothers of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army and go straight home.
It would certainly be satisfying, but it would bring countless troubles.
The secret that Ye Zhen possessed a Xiantian Spiritual Treasure would be exposed on a far greater scale once again. Moreover, under those circumstances, the secret of the Mirage Dragon Pearl would no longer be concealable.
More importantly, if they withdrew directly to North Sea Commandery without orders from the War Ministry, then Ye Zhen and all these North Sea Heavenly Wave Army brothers would become deserters of Great Zhou.
Ye Zhen himself would be easy enough to handle. At worst, he could simply dust off his backside and leave.
But what about the many brothers of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army?
And the families