Before Cha Yizhou could speak, a male Taoist disciple behind him couldn't stand it any longer and stepped forward, saying with a disgruntled expression, "Hey, what's the meaning of you night watchmen? My master kindly led us to stay and help, what did we do to offend you? Do you even know how much those green spirit stones cost? My master paid for them all out of his own pocket!"
Old Zhang lit a cigarette, slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and then glanced at the Taoist disciple: "Were you there when your master came to Yecheng on a mission last time? Do you know what your master did last time?"
"Huh?" The young male disciple paused, then said, "I wasn't there, and I don't know what conflict you had, but this time..."
"If you don't know anything, then get the hell out of my way!"
Old Zhang's eyes suddenly hardened, and he said in a gloomy voice, "What I hate most are those idiots who don't even understand the facts but still love to spout nonsense! You're just a kid who hasn't even grown his first hair and doesn't know anything, yet you pretend to know everything and start spouting nonsense? Since you're not involved, do you even have the right to speak here?!"
Young male disciple: "..."
"Why are you...why are you shouting so loudly?"
"......"
This was the first time Lin Nai had seen Old Zhang so fierce. In his memory, Old Zhang was usually a gentle and kind-hearted person.
Perhaps because Old Zhang's aura was too imposing, the young male disciple immediately blushed and dared not speak again.
"I originally thought that as time went by, you would gradually understand what I did back then." Cha Yizhou smiled slightly: "But the facts later proved that my approach was the most efficient and minimized the losses. And that mission did end very quickly, didn't it?"
"Holy crap, you have the nerve to say that?" A-Guang stared wide-eyed, as if he had never seen such a shameless person before. "You didn't even consult us before using Lin Nai and using our people as bait, and you still think you're right? Should we thank you for that??"
“If I had discussed it with you back then, you definitely wouldn’t have agreed,” Cha Yizhou said. “In that mission, only a handful of people died or were injured. You’ve been the Night Watchers for so long, always fighting on the front lines. You should know better than anyone else that when has a dimensional invasion ever resulted in only such a small number of deaths?”
“You can’t calculate it that way.” Tang Hongshan stared into his eyes and said, “That time, all the spirits were drawn to Linnai, which meant that Linnai took all the danger. But Linnai is an apostle, and his life is much more important than many people’s. His existence can affect tens of thousands of people in the future. Have you thought about what the consequences would be if something happened to him?”
"Hehe...maybe that's true. I know that human life is divided into different classes."
Cha Yizhou said, "Linnaeus's life is indeed more important than most people's. However, precisely because I know he is an apostle, even if I use him as bait, the Night's Watch will do everything in its power, even if it means deploying the entire army, to protect his safety. Moreover, I don't believe an apostle will die so easily."
"But if we had allowed those tens of thousands of undead creatures to roam freely in the city, do you think the Night's Watch could have protected the entire city?"
"Can you guarantee that no more than five people will die in the end?"
"And if it weren't an apostle whose life was threatened, but an ordinary person, would you really do everything in your power to protect them at all costs?"
Old Zhang frowned slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't know how.
Tang Hongshan replied earnestly without hesitation, "Of course we will!"
Cha Yizhou laughed: "Captain Tang, I know what kind of person you are. But you should know that not everyone is like you."
At this moment, a female Taoist disciple ran over: "Master, all the green spirit stones have been distributed."
Cha Yizhou nodded slightly, then said to Tang Hongshan and the others, "It is not necessary to be right or wrong. If you are right and they are wrong, you should not argue with them."
"It seems that we cannot understand each other at the moment."
"However, once I've decided to do something, I don't intend to seek other people's understanding."
After saying this, Cha Yizhou smiled faintly and said to the disciple beside him, "Let's go." Then he turned and left with his hands behind his back.
Seeing this, all the Taoist disciples left with Cha Yizhou.
Jiang Zhou, who was standing to the side, glanced at Lin Nai and the others, and quickly followed Cha Yizhou's footsteps.
Watching Cha Yizhou and the others leave, A-Guang muttered to himself, "That Taoist guy surnamed Cha, he's just like those Confucianists, talking all sorts of fancy nonsense that's impossible to understand..."
"Tch..." Nail curled his lip: "I don't understand what he's saying anyway, but I just don't like the way he's putting on airs!"
Anan said, "I heard that last time, because of Cha Yizhou's actions, the Taoists had to clean up his mess, apologize to the Night Watchmen, and pay a huge sum of money. I didn't expect him to still be so arrogant now."
Tang Hongshan remained silent, not saying a word, seemingly lost in thought.
“Speaking of which…” Yang Xiaochuan scratched his head, “What exactly did he mean by those flowery words he just said?”
“If you are right and the other is wrong, you shouldn’t argue with them. It means that when you know you are right and the other person is wrong, there is no need to argue with them.” Lin Nai gave a simple explanation, then smiled faintly: “However, judging from his tone just now, he probably thinks we are ignorant elementary school students, and arguing with us is a waste of time.”
"Damn! So he was just insulting us?!" Old Zhang was so angry he was glaring at Cha Yizhou, rolling up his sleeves as if he was about to chase after him to settle the score: "I'm going to tell him not to leave!"
Seeing this, Lin Yuxi, Yang Xiaochuan, and the others quickly pulled him back, afraid that Old Zhang would cause trouble: "Old Zhang, forget it, forget it..."
Linnaeus had already moved to the side and was standing next to the stretchers of the contaminated people, checking their condition.
Linnaeus used the system of the mutated people to scan their bodies, and suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, discovering some abnormalities.
Name: Zhang San.
Gender: Male.
[Status]: Weak, nauseous, slightly polluted by artificially synthesized extradimensional energy.
"??"
Upon seeing this status attribute, Lin Nai immediately showed a strange and puzzled expression.
What the heck?
An otherworldly aura, possibly artificially synthesized?
Lin Nai frowned slightly and proceeded with a further scan.
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