Tang Li reacted quickly, but the others were no slower. He was only a little faster than everyone else. The moment he mentioned the smell of blood, the others caught it too.
As their faces changed in alarm, everyone tacitly assumed a battle-ready stance.
As an adventuring party, they never let their guard down.
Feng Zhuan said, "We're close to the site of a battle, which proves we're investigating in the right direction. What are you waiting for? Come with me to investigate."
Tang Li shook his head. "Brother Feng Zhuan, you're a seasoned hand yourself. You don't even know what happened there, yet you want to charge in recklessly. That's not what a qualified adventuring party leader would do."
Feng Zhuan frowned. "Tang Li, what do you mean? I paid you all that money, and now you're feeding me this nonsense? Rescuing people is like fighting a fire. Now that we've reached our destination, of course we shouldn't hesitate. What, do you need to cast a divination, change your clothes, bathe, and burn incense before praying?"
He had been downright rude.
But Tang Li remained unmoved. Even more infuriatingly, the others didn't budge either. It was as if they had all reached an unspoken agreement beforehand.
That infuriated Feng Zhuan.
"What's with all of you? Are you seriously planning to welsh on the deal?" Feng Zhuan was truly losing his temper.
Tang Li said coolly, "We took your money to carry out a mission, not to throw our lives away. We get to decide how we carry it out. Adventuring parties have always decided for themselves how to handle their missions. I've never heard of a client telling an adventuring party how to do its job. Brother Feng Zhuan, surely you know even the most basic rules of the