Shen Tang pondered seriously.
After several breaths, she came to no conclusion.
The few newcomers who had just joined could not figure out what Shen Tang's expression meant. Confusion mingled with bewilderment, and bewilderment was tinged with shock. Just as they began to think Shen Tang was going to go back on her word, she said earnestly, "With talents of your caliber... gifted men of such strength, proud in temperament, generally dislike being driven by others. I never really thought I could bring the few of you under my command..."
The expressions of the few men turned somewhat subtle.
The situation had already been settled; the uncooked rice had been cooked.
What was Shen Youli spouting this nonsense for now?
What did she mean by "I never thought I could bring the few of you under my command"? Even if she could not resist showing off, she should not be saying that to them, should she?
"...I simply don't know why you gentlemen changed your minds."
"Of course, it was because our lord possesses transcendent talent."
They could hardly say it was because they feared those damned Gu Worms, could they?
The era they lived in had been extremely close to the Wu State. They had either witnessed the Wu State with their own eyes or heard about it from elders who had experienced everything firsthand. Everyone else needed a long period of accumulation to build themselves up from nothing. The Wu State was different: it had a royal flush from the very beginning, with elite troops and fierce generals sweeping across the world undefeated. None of this could be separated from the Wu State Gu Calamity. Besides that, other Gu Worms had also appeared on the battlefields of the Wu State.
Those who had lived through it could not