Bad News

Several Song Kingdom cultivators, battered, bedraggled, and drenched in blood but still alive, were dragged over and brought before Meng Shanming.

"Sect Master, it truly was the Myriad Beasts Sect stirring up trouble behind the scenes. I know this fellow." Yue Yuan, who was likewise wounded, kicked a Myriad Beasts Sect disciple to the ground. "The witnesses and evidence are all here. Let's see how the Myriad Beasts Sect can still quibble now!"

Gong Lince gave a cold laugh. "Notify the Myriad Beasts Sect to come collect their people!"

Meng Shanming, seated atop his horse, spoke up. "Sect Master Gong, based on your understanding of the Myriad Beasts Sect, will they continue intervening in the battles to come?"

The moment Gong Lince heard this, he understood what Meng Shanming meant. "Marshal Meng means to use these Myriad Beasts Sect disciples as hostages, or rather, as bargaining chips?"

Meng Shanming said, "I hear the Myriad Beasts Sect has many tricks, including numerous large flying birds capable of carrying people. If we drive the Myriad Beasts Sect into a corner and force them to throw themselves fully into the war, it will be detrimental to us. So long as we can achieve our strategic objective, there is no need to expose this matter. Isn't the Myriad Beasts Sect trying to keep things under wraps? We might as well let them remain neutral, on the condition that they are forbidden from taking action again."

Gong Lince understood and nodded. "So long as the Myriad Beasts Sect agrees, we can even help prove that they never participated in the war."

Meng Shanming said, "Precisely. Our statement carries more weight than anyone's, and it can keep the Myriad Beasts Sect from being dragged along by the Song Kingdom Imperial Court."

"Marshal Meng is right!" Gong