"Not at all!" Tu Hong shook his head. "The formation's effects were extraordinarily good!"
"Then why?" Snowy Realm True Person's face grew somewhat stern.
"Reporting to the City Lord, only 2,237 of our Quanjin Mountain Disciples survived this time..." Tu Hong said calmly.
"What???" Before astonishment could appear on Snowy Realm True Person's face, Jin Gang leaped to his feet and shouted, "As far as Jin knows, your Quanjin Mountain had more than 31,000 disciples! And yet..."
A trace of coldness surfaced on Snowy Realm True Person's face as he asked blandly, "What about the Dao Sect disciples who came as reinforcements?"
"Of the 5,608 Dao Sect reinforcements, only eleven disciples survived!" Tu Hong's tone remained calm.
"What?" This time, even Snowy Realm True Person, a Nascent Soul cultivator, could no longer remain composed. He rose from his meditation cushion and crossed the distance to Tu Hong in a single step, blurting out in shock, "You... say that again?"
"Only eleven Dao Sect disciples survived, and all of them were severely wounded!" Tu Hong raised his gaze and looked straight at Snowy Realm True Person, utterly fearless.
"Tu Hong... you are far too bold!" Snowy Realm True Person's face turned iron-blue. "I allowed you to set up that vicious formation in Quanjin Mountain's spirit stone mine vein, but I did not permit you to bury all of Xuntian City's disciples within it, nor did I permit you to bury all the Dao Sect disciples who came to reinforce you! So many Xuntian City disciples, so many Dao Sect disciples... How am I supposed to answer to the sect leaders of the Three Cultivation Kingdoms? I fear I may not be able to protect you either!"
"When I laid this plan, I had already cast life and death aside!" Tu Hong