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Chapter 234: No Boasting, No Self-Praise
Chapter 234: No Boasting, No Self-Praise
Upon arriving at the Yunyang Sect's frontline, Su Chen noticed that the area had been recently retreated from. No wonder Ge Yingying had mentioned that the Yunyang Sect's frontline was relatively stable lately.
The beasts were still probing the remnants of the previous frontline, confirming the new defensive line. Once they were certain of the new position, the beasts would undoubtedly become even more aggressive.
Beasts had an innate nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If you took a step back, they would undoubtedly take a step forward.
Seeing this, Su Chen further confirmed the Yunyang Sect's dire situation.
This retreat wasn't very far. It was evident that Grandmaster Taiwu's arrangement was to use this retreat to buy some time.
By the time they reached the frontline, it was already close to dusk. After eating, Su Chen decided to patrol the entire frontline.
Upon hearing this, Pang Zhongmin and the others seemed at a loss for words.
He almost said that the sect elders weren't here, so there was no need to pretend. But he held back his words again.
It seemed like they were afraid that Su Chen would report their words to Grandmaster Taiwu.
Although Su Chen didn't ask them to accompany him, they still followed him, and he began to inspect the entire defensive line.
As they inspected together, Su Chen tried to provide guidance to the group.
This included sharing his experiences and lessons learned about dealing with beasts at night.
Much of Su Chen's guidance came from his time in the eastern wilderness.
For them, these experiences and methods were extremely useful.
However, the group beside him didn't seem to be paying much attention.
Ge Yingying listened somewhat attentively, but she felt that much of what Su Chen said was basic knowledge.
Moreover, Su Chen's current identity as a Feihong Sect disciple already biased their perception from the start.
The main reason they followed him was their concern that Su Chen might report to Grandmaster Taiwu.
But they didn't seem to realize that what Su Chen said differed from what they had read in the books.
In many cases, Su Chen's pointers involved special ingenious methods.
Even when Su Chen emphasized these points, they didn't seem to listen attentively.
By now, darkness had completely fallen, and only the flickering torches along the defensive line provided light.
In the swaying firelight, it was easy for one's vision to become blurry.
"At night, if you see strange shadows, don't reassure yourself that it's just the flickering firelight. In most cases, these shadows are beasts moving past.
Under the firelight, shadows usually sway, and they won't appear to flash by."
As they walked along, Su Chen shared some clever methods with the group.
Along the way, Su Chen had already spotted traces of beasts in four places.
He even intentionally paused at these traces, but the others didn't notice them.
Their ability to deal with beasts was genuinely mediocre.
Grandmaster Taiwu had said that they lacked experience and ability.
Su Chen felt that they had some experience but lacked ability.
As he explained these things, Su Chen hoped they could quickly learn to identify beast traces by borrowing these ingenious methods.
Fortunately, from the four traces, it seemed these beasts were merely observing and didn't intend to launch a surprise attack.
With the Earth Demons at the rear, the situation was indeed much more stable.
After inspecting the entire defensive line, Su Chen felt like the loopholes were countless.
The Yunyang Sect of the past had its own intelligence network and could identify various crises.
The current defensive line was simple and easy to advance.
But the current Yunyang Sect didn't have the luxury to be so carefree. Turning to the five people beside him, Su Chen, in addition to sharing ingenious methods, also taught them about traps, obstacles, and the use of simple mechanisms.
Hearing this, the five of them seemed even more speechless than before.
Even Ge Yingying fell silent and didn't respond.
After the inspection, everyone returned to their respective tents to rest.
The Yunyang Sect's treatment of reconnaissance disciples had completely changed.
Su Chen had been there before, and at that time, the treatment of the scout disciples was significantly worse than that of the others.
Whether it was living conditions or meals, everything was inferior.
But at that time, many people were eager to take on scouting missions.
Now, the scout disciples had their own tents to live in, and their contributions had also increased significantly.
However, the scouts were no longer idolized.
When Su Chen returned to his tent, the others seemed to have a lot to say, and they all gathered around Pang Zhongmin.
With no outsiders present, they immediately started complaining.
Pang Zhongmin seemed to have been holding back, and in his words, he kept mentioning "Chen Su."
"The more you try to please, the more you pretend, the more you'll be valued.
We just don't boast, we don't brag about ourselves.
Look at this Chen Su, his act is indeed quite impressive.
In terms of scouting and dealing with demons, I really don't think he's that formidable.
Listen to what he said tonight, where is he better than us? The Sect Leader was probably also deceived by his act."
The other few disciples beside them were also complaining.
They were all talking about "Chen Su" and how terrible and incompetent he was.
Seeing that all four of them were complaining, Ge Yingying, who was standing nearby, hurriedly signaled them to keep their voices down.
"Even if you're uncomfortable inside, just endure it.
Some things, it's enough to just know about them, speaking out about them before the right time will only cause trouble for yourself.
Regardless, others rely on their act to gain the attention of the sect's higher-ups.
If we're caught with a handle, it will definitely be reported to them.
Endure it, even if you don't learn how to deal with demons, just learn how to act to gain the attention of the higher-ups."
Pang Zhongmin and the others seemed to have more complaints, but under Ge Yingying's urging, they all returned to their own tents to rest.
The next day, Su Chen began inspecting the entire defensive line.
To deal with the Earth Demon Plague, Su Chen had already started planning.
In the wilderness, these Earth Demons might not be too vigilant.
But this was the outskirts of the Yunyang Sect, and their every move would be closely watched.
In the current situation, they needed the Earth Demon to appear first and show itself.
Before coming here, Su Chen had no idea that the Yunyang Sect had retreated its defensive line.
If he had known, he might have delayed his arrival a bit longer.
Before understanding the new defensive line, this Earth Demon was unlikely to appear.
Su Chen's current plan was to make this demon feel safe.
The entire defensive line presented a shrinking posture, making the Earth Demon feel that the Yunyang Sect was only defending and dared not attack.
Earth Demons were smarter than Golden Demons and Greater Demons, but they always bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Seeing the opponent's retreat, if it felt there was no threat, it might become even more aggressive.
At 9 AM, Ge Yingying, Pang Zhongmin, and the others woke up.
When they learned that Su Chen had gone to inspect the defensive line, they quickly got ready and followed him.
The few people seemed to think that Su Chen would speak ill of them, so they were very cautious and attentive.
Seeing that they had followed, Su Chen thought they were also very responsible.
Leading them to inspect the front-line defense, Su Chen continued to guide them.
The daytime visibility was much better, and Su Chen took them to places where the demons had left traces.
The results were similar; their basic skills were not solid.
Some traces, slightly less obvious, were completely overlooked.
Furthermore, they only used their eyes to observe and almost always ignored their sense of smell.
The pungent smell of demons was the best way to identify them.
The few disciples performed poorly in this regard, and they couldn't even tell if there were demons present.
Su Chen didn't say anything, letting them identify what kind of demon it was.
Considering their abilities, Su Chen started recommending that they learn about traps, obstacles, and some mechanisms.
Especially the mechanism that could scrape off demon hair, which could make up for their insufficient scouting skills.
Otherwise, with their scouting abilities, the accuracy of their scouting was uncertain.
(End of Chapter)
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