Chun Xiaobai took out a map he had drawn in advance and handed it to Fang Yuan and Xiao Zhang, telling them to bring back all the hostages he had stashed in cave abodes along the way.
There were more than a thousand of them altogether.
The two dared not delay. They immediately piloted the War Puppet and shot off in a straight line.
The War Puppet was incredibly fast. In just six hours, they traveled thousands of miles and brought back every last hostage.
For a time, the entire Cave was packed to the brim.
Left with no choice, Chun Xiaobai ordered Xiao Zhang to carve out another cave abode and confine the female disciples separately.
As for the men, they could only squeeze together where they were, shoulder to shoulder and back to back.
Once everything was ready, Chun Xiaobai called Fang Yuan and Xiao Zhang over for a brief meeting.
After hearing Chun Xiaobai's plan, both Fang Yuan and Xiao Zhang turned pale.
"K-K-King, you... you want us to act as messengers and deliver these image-recording talismans?"
"That's right. Is there a problem?" Chun Xiaobai asked.
"D-Delivering them isn't a problem, b-but I'm worried we won't come back alive!"
The two knew exactly what those image-recording talismans contained. Every recording offended the other sects' bigwigs to the point of no return, capturing all sorts of pleas for mercy and insults.
And the two of them had personally carried out those rotten deeds.
Even they felt the urge to hit someone when they heard the recordings. If those hot-tempered elders saw them, wouldn't they split the two messengers alive with a single slap on the spot, just to vent their anger?
"Are you idiots? Can't you hire someone else to deliver them?" Chun Xiaobai snapped.
The two froze,