At this time, everyone had to return and report in. After all, the casualty lists still had to be tallied. More importantly, this was to prevent anyone from slipping in, though no one knew how many spies might be among them.
Yet after this round of counting, most of the newly appeared people had turned out to be problematic. Even those who showed up again after the tally had problems. No one knew what use this was, but everyone still had to come back once, so Huo Hai temporarily set aside everything else and returned with them.
"Wow, you were still alive?" The moment Lian'er saw Huo Hai, she happily waved her arms. But what she said left Huo Hai speechless. This little girl truly had no filter. Oh well, that was called being untouched by worldly affairs.
"Lian'er, don't talk nonsense." Yin Ling rapped Lian'er on the head, then gave Huo Hai an apologetic smile.
At that moment, Mu Xian spotted Huo Hai in the distance as well. His face had originally been full of fury as he prepared to rush over, but the others held him back. "Young Master Mu Xian, we'd better not go over there. They won't do anything anyway, but if we go over, we definitely won't be able to outtalk him." With everyone gathered together, they naturally could not casually attack others.
Still, they had experienced Huo Hai's verbal offensives firsthand. Twice in a row, they had failed to argue him down and instead been verbally beaten until they were gray-faced and dusty-headed. Though they themselves were partly to blame, Mu Xian still bore a grudge against Huo Hai.
"Hmph, let him be proud for a few more days." Mu Xian then turned and left. Out of sight, out of mind. The tallying proceeded