Learning from Shen to Defeat Shen (Part 2) [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Gongsu, something terrible has happened!"

Qin Li had barely returned when Zhao Feng came looking for him.

Before Zhao Feng could even get to the "terrible" part, he saw Qin Li staring grimly at the sand table. Its view faced the Chaoli Pass mountain range, where flashes of light appeared now and then as people clashed. "I already know. This time, I miscalculated..."

Zhao Feng asked gravely, "When did they appear there?"

Although Qin Li had perfected his Way of the Scholar, even a perfected Way of the Scholar had to have its limits.

The range and duration of what a Way of the Scholar could observe were tied to the amount of literary energy it consumed. The farther away the target and the longer the observation lasted, the greater the cost! As far as Zhao Feng knew, without other means to assist it, the observable range also had a fixed upper limit.

As for where that limit lay, Qin Li had never said.

So far, the range had been enough. Qin Li could detect the battlefield and the enemy's camps from the rear.

Zhao Feng stared at the sand table in disbelief.

"When did these troops appear here?"

The scouts of both their lord and Lord Wu were monitoring the enemy's movements, and Qin Li was watching from the rear as well. There was no way the enemy could split off troops and approach the Chaoli Pass mountain range without being noticed. They would have been spotted long ago. Yet, before today, not a single report of anything like this had come in.

The vanguard scouts hadn't sent word, and Gongsu hadn't noticed either.

Zhao Feng held his hand over the sand table, using his thumb and forefinger to measure the distance between the two armies and roughly estimate