Yet just as everyone rubbed their hands together, ready to give the order to march, the battered, bruised Lu Qingshan jumped out again.
"Everyone! Everyone! How about this?"
He squeezed out what he thought was a clever smile.
"We give them five million spirit stones, let them hold onto them long enough to warm them up, then follow right on their heels and slaughter them!"
At these words, everyone froze for a moment before bursting into even louder laughter.
"Brilliant! We'll let them taste what it means to break faith! What it means to be played like monkeys!"
The elders who had been brimming with righteous indignation just moments ago looked at Lu Qingshan and nodded in approval.
They had to admit, this old fellow had an endless supply of rotten ideas!
Though his earlier suggestions had gone awry, this one really was brilliant!
Deliver the money first, then immediately charge in and take both the people and the money. It might not do much damage, but the humiliation would be off the charts!
They recalled how they had ganged up on the old fellow and ground him into the dirt earlier.
Looking at him now, they actually felt a little guilty.
As for why Lu Qingshan was so eager to prove himself and earn merit, he had troubles he could hardly voice.
Their Azure Cloud Sect now had a thoroughly rotten reputation throughout the Eastern Region. People had long since branded them the "Calamity Star Sect" and "Unappreciative" behind their backs.
The source of all this could be traced back to their sect's previous Saintess-Yun Huoyue.
Yun Huoyue was cold and aloof by nature, but her temper blazed like the fire in her name.
During a journey to gain experience, she happened to meet a mysterious young man who