"..."
The leader of the Wagang Army, the Duke of Pus Mountain, Li Mi, sat in his study with his trusted general and chief strategist, Shen Luoyan. He held a letter Shen Luoyan had just delivered to him and pondered its contents.
In truth, one detail described in the letter had already been the talk of the Central Plains and the martial world for half a month. The Li Clan, the instigator who had handed Wuyuan Commandery, Yulin Commandery, and other places to the Turks and planned to let them invade, had been roundly denounced across the Central Plains and the martial world. They had thoroughly squandered the reputation and prestige they had worked so hard to build.
To be honest, Li Mi hadn't paid much attention at first. He had assumed the rumor was nothing more than slander spread by some faction targeting the Li Clan, meant to make things difficult for them after they had unified Guanzhong and begun plotting their move north, damage their reputation, destroy the people's faith in them, and curb their expansion.
So Li Mi had gleefully fanned the flames, without caring whether the rumor was true, and was more than happy to see the Li Clan's reputation in tatters.
But who could have expected that, after receiving a letter today from Kou Zhong of the Twin Dragons Army—a force as powerful as the Li Clan, now ruling over Jiangnan—and finding it personally penned by the Grand Overseer of Jiangnan Circuit, he would finally understand just how serious the situation was?
After that, he could no longer take any pleasure in it.
"..."
Likewise, the "Viperous Beauty," Shen Luoyan, wore a grave expression.
After all, the plan that had led to a bloody struggle and helped Li Mi become the Wagang Army's leader had