"Marquis! I was just looking for you!"
Jiang Hao was just about to enter the hidden cave when an excited voice suddenly came from behind him.
He turned to see Shen Zaitian running excitedly up to him, panting. "Marquis, good news."
"Take your time. No rush!"
Swallowing, Shen Zaitian chuckled. "Marquis, guess who we ran into on the outskirts of the Dense Fog Zone? Shenzhou's main army! After Wuji City fell, they broke out and scattered, fleeing here. Apparently, over ten thousand escaped!"
Only this many had escaped from Shenzhou's hundred-thousand-strong main army. That alone showed how brutal the battle had been.
But what Jiang Hao cared about most was the whereabouts of his elder brother, Long Yun. Rumor had it that another Transcendent Master had rescued him, but he would have to ask these escapees for the details.
"Where are they now?"
Shen Zaitian said, "I brought over a thousand of them to wait in Frozen Canyon. Should we take them in? Wu Fan, Song Jie, and the others have split up to find the rest. We should have news before long."
"Take them all in and incorporate them into the Self-Defense Army. In the future, handle things like this yourselves if you think there's no problem. You don't need to report everything to me. Hmm, have Minister Jiang and Minister Song screen the newcomers. If anyone seems suspicious, you must assign people to watch them in secret."
He did not want another incident like Gongsun Qianxue's. Who knew which of these fleeing soldiers had already turned traitor?
When he reached hidden cave No. 399, Chubby and his men had already dug a secret passage several hundred meters long. With thirty thousand people taking turns working day and night, their efficiency was outstanding.
"Brother Hao, you're here!" Chubby had