When they saw what Jiang Lan was holding, every one of them was shocked.
For one thing, they had not expected him to deal with what was inside in such a short time.
"Could it be that this wasn't the right decision in the first place?"
And judging from his earlier speculation, this outcome had already come much later.
When he said that last sentence, the fellow who had been conflicted frowned even more deeply.
"Then there's no need to keep guessing. We never knew that much to begin with anyway."
At the time, Jiang Lan had still been wondering whether he had made a mistake.
Or perhaps there really was some outcome, and this was the best one now.
"What's wrong? Your aunt noticed something was off about your expression as soon as she came over."
On the way back, Shen Qingqiu wore a dark expression the entire time.
"What else could it be? What the people from certain bases did was simply shameful and despicable. I really never expected anyone to do something so outrageous."
The people from the neighboring base were stunned when they heard this. They felt they had not done anything.
"We're all Martial Artists. It's perfectly normal to want to get stronger. And we're not deliberately saying this for any particular reason. These are all ideas meant to help us reach our goals. Aren't you being a little excessively difficult, coming at us like this right away?"
Jiang Lan even felt that he had barely said anything before they started making excuses and spouting useless nonsense.
"I'll leave this to you. You are the Base Chief here, after all."
Had anything really been said or done to upset these fellows, things afterward would have changed long ago.
"Even at a time like this, I'm