Five days later.
The situation underwent an earth-shaking change.
Lin Heng personally led the team and launched three rounds of counterattacks, driving Long Yun's remnants back more than four hundred li from north of the pass-fortresses.
Without Long Yun holding the line, the morale of those Martial Path people collapsed faster than paper.
Of their force of several thousand, half were beheaded.
The rest followed Long Yun in a panicked flight back into the depths of the Northern Domain, all the arrogant swagger they had come with completely gone.
For the initial stage, the overall situation was settled.
Lin Heng moved the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office's main camp directly onto the Brahma Immortal Sect's territory, using it as a forward base to prepare for the coming Northern Domain campaign.
The people of the Brahma Immortal Sect thanked him a thousand times over, wishing they could offer up the entire sect.
Wang Zhenyuan, in particular, was what one would call attentive.
Before, he had been shouting about how he would never work for anyone else. Now, there were only two words written across his face: truly fragrant!
"Lin Sizhu, what do you think? Is this great hall spacious enough? If not, we can clear out the two next door for you too!"
"There's a spirit spring over here. It's reserved for our Sect Leader's secluded cultivation, but now it's yours to use!"
"And the kitchen too, let me tell you... our little kitchen maid, ah, she's what you'd call fresh and tender..."
"(￣ω￣;) Enough, enough. That'll do."
Lin Heng waved his hand. In his heart, he could not really say he disliked Wang Zhenyuan's reaction.
Those who understood the times were outstanding men, after all.
Of course, he had gone a little from arrogance before to fawning after!
The afternoon of