Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Chapter 2690 Dong Zhuo's Methods of Destroying Yuan: Restricting Clan Soul Lamps

After a series of emergency treatments, Bao Xin finally regained consciousness. However, the once extremely handsome and sunny man suddenly became dejected...

He dismissed his attendants and stayed alone in his tent, holding his younger brother's belongings—a jade pendant broken into more than ten pieces—and wept bitterly.

Bao Zhong has completely fallen!

For the sake of his ranking on the Heavenly and Earthly Lords List, for the sake of his future path, he buried his closest younger brother at Sishui Pass... Was it really worth it...?

Inside the tent, the flickering lamplight cast a very long shadow of Bao Xin…

After an unknown amount of time, a loud voice came from outside.

"Report!"

"Lord Bao Xin of the 21st Garrison, the Alliance Leader is convening an emergency military meeting and requests the presence of the General!"

Yuan Shao convened an emergency meeting, clearly having learned of Bao Zhong's death!
As if he had made up his mind, he slowly stood up, carefully put away his brother's belongings, and tucked them into his bosom. The movement was gentle and solemn, as if he were saying goodbye to his past self.

After waiting for a while, the group of adjutants, who had been anxiously waiting for a long time, finally saw Bao Xin.

At this moment, Bao Xin's resolute expression reappeared on his face, his eyes filled with determination.

Bao Xin strode out of the tent, a cold wind blowing in his face, but it couldn't dispel the determination in his eyes.

Seeing this, the adjutants breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly followed behind him, rushing towards the location of the emergency military meeting.

Throughout the journey, Bao Xin walked steadily, but his mind was constantly pondering the impact of this event.

Yuan Shao will definitely hold him accountable, and there are two points of contention: first, what happened to the teleportation point in Gong County; and second, why he disobeyed orders and acted on his own.

After thinking about these two points for a while, he came up with a solution.

Soon, they arrived at the meeting place. Bao Xin took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and stepped inside, preparing to face the impending accountability.

All the feudal lords had gathered in the arena, and even Sun Jian had been teleported back!

"You've arrived, have a seat!" Yuan Shao was standing at the door. When he saw Bao Xin arrive, he nodded slightly to him and then pulled him to a seat.

Yuan Shao's actions left Bao Xin, who had a lot of ideas to offer, completely bewildered.

Bao Xin has committed such a mistake; as the leader of the alliance, shouldn't he be dealt with seriously to demonstrate his authority and impartiality?

Is this a conciliatory tactic?!

Sitting in the deputy seat, Lin Mu saw Yuan Shao's behavior and a cold smile appeared on his face. This guy Yuan Shao wanted to take this opportunity to recruit Bao Xin into his ranks.

Lin Mu didn't care at all about this.

Lin Mu didn't think anything of it, but Cao Cao did. Seeing Yuan Shao's reaction, a look of anxiety appeared on his face.

Although Bao Xin was incompetent, his family was no ordinary person in Yanzhou. He was a key figure in Bao Xin's plans for Yanzhou!

He had originally planned to stand up for Bao Xin when Yuan Shao questioned him, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to pull this stunt.

That's true. Bao Xin, who could muster 1.5 million elite soldiers, must have had a powerful force behind him that was not so simple.

"Please accept my condolences for the death of Shuyi. When the army arrives, we will surely offer Hua Xiong's head as a sacrifice to Shuyi!" Yuan Shao pulled Bao Xin to his seat and returned to the head seat, while Cao Cao comforted Bao Xin.

“Mengde… has a resurrection soul guide at home, but Shuyi has not been resurrected. In this battle, his fate is uncertain!” Bao Xin’s eyes flashed with sorrow as he spoke in a deep voice, his words carrying a hidden meaning.

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao's expression changed slightly.

Bao Zhong, who was killed by Hua Xiong, had the means to revive, but he did not, which means that Dong Zhuo's camp had a limited means of revival!

This situation is far from simple and will definitely cause great concern among many warlords. Many warlords possess considerable wealth, and may even have items like the Resurrection Soul Tower and Clan Soul Lamp. Even Dong Zhuo's faction has such items, given that Hua Xiong was resurrected after being killed by Lü Bu.

This method is now restricted; if you die once, you're really done for, with no chance to try again! This is extremely important intelligence.

Conversely, the changes to the Heavenly and Earthly Lords Ranking this time are not so important...

Afterwards, Cao Cao acted as Bao Xin's mouthpiece, standing up and explaining the situation.

Upon hearing this news, the silent lords broke their silence and began to discuss it enthusiastically, and a look of worry indeed appeared on their faces.

Even Lin Mu's expression changed slightly.

Resurrection is restricted? That's impossible... Didn't Zu Mao, the valiant general of Sun Jian who died at the hands of Hua Xiong in his previous life, also come back to life?

This is a well-known situation. As for Bao Zhong, no additional information has been released. Bao Xin kept it very well hidden.

But the fact that he said it so openly this time means that such a situation really did occur.

The rules of the game have subtly changed... Whether this is due to human intervention or a system-wide shift over time remains unknown.

But Lin Mu had a premonition that if players died in this battle, the consequences would be much heavier than before!
Whether the dead indigenous people can be resurrected remains to be verified. Perhaps Bao Zhong's resurrection methods were too rudimentary and were limited by certain methods of Dong Zhuo's camp.

This possibility is very high! Thinking of this, Lin Mu did not make a fuss, but went to Cao Cao's side, whispered a few words to Cao Cao, and then returned to his seat.

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao pondered for a moment, then returned to his seat and spoke quietly with Bao Xin.

Before long, Lin Mu got the information he wanted to know.

"The Clan Soul Lamp... Just as I suspected!"

"This tactic isn't aimed at Bao Zhong, but at the Yuan family... Bao Zhong just happened to run into the line of fire!" Lin Mu thought to himself.

It turns out that Dong Zhuo had already begun his scheme to deal with the Yuan clan...

One such method is to prevent the resurrection of clan soul lamps.

Lin Mu was able to think of this key point, but Yuan Shao and others did not, because of the information gap.

Meanwhile, Ji Beiqin, Jiang Chenglong, and the others who were just observing were even more confused... Even though they knew that the Yuan clan in the capital would be wiped out, they didn't connect it to the clan soul lamp incident...

Thinking of this, Lin Mu smiled inexplicably and turned to look at Yuan Shao, who was chatting and arguing with the crowd, as well as Yuan Shu, who was sitting leisurely in his seat, and Yuan Yi, who was talking with the other lords.

None of the three knew that the karmic consequences of the black energy would affect them so quickly.

Lin Mu's subtle actions were noticed by Cao Cao, who had been observing him closely.

Cao Cao was a smart man. Based on the questions Lin Mu asked and the answers he got from Bao Xin, and combined with the strange looks Lin Mu gave Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yi, he was suddenly shocked.

No way... no way...

Although he had a very bad feeling about him, would he tell Yuan Shao and the other two? Even if he did, would they believe him? And could he even bring himself to tell them?
If this is truly the cycle of cause and effect, and he changed the fate of the Yuan family in Luoyang, then the karmic backlash of fate might befall him...

Cao Cao was in a state of utter confusion at this moment...

At that moment, Lin Mu's gaze had unknowingly fallen upon him. As soon as he looked up, he saw Lin Mu's amused look...

Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat... Could it be...? But his family, relatives, generals, and connections had already fled the capital to seek refuge... Dong Zhuo was too far away to reach them!

However, Cao Cao did not expect that his Cao family would also be affected by karmic consequences, and his entire family would be killed!

Seeing Lin Mu's gaze, Cao Cao felt a little flustered. However, his apprehension towards Lin Mu increased by another three points.

"Gentlemen, please take your seats!" Yuan Shao's voice echoed in the hall.

Upon hearing this, everyone returned to their seats and quieted down.

"The defeat at the Battle of Bao Zhong was my fault. On the surface, Sun Jian was to lead the vanguard to draw Dong Zhuo's attention, while I secretly dispatched General Bao Zhong with 200,000 light cavalry to attack Sishui Pass. Unfortunately, the person in charge of receiving them at the pass betrayed us, causing the operation to fail." Yuan Shao stood up and took all the blame upon himself.

"So that's how it is! So that's how it is! The Alliance Leader is farsighted, actually planting an inside agent inside Sishui Pass. It's just that the inside agent is too cowardly, actually fearing Dong Zhuo's power and instead defecting to him, how despicable!" Ji Province Governor Han Fu immediately echoed Yuan Shao's words, pushing all the blame onto the inside agent.

In reality, it was Bao Xin who had foresight; his plan was not flawed, but he simply did not anticipate that his inside man would betray him.

You should know that the inside man was actually one of Bao's protégés... He had secretly served Bao in the past and seemed very reliable, otherwise he wouldn't have let Bao Zhong take the risk.

Moreover, Bao Zhong's mission was not to take Hua Xiong's head, but only to destroy the city's food and supplies and capture part of the defense line, thus making a great contribution.

Even if you get kicked out later, it's okay, as long as you've made a good first impression.

Unfortunately, it backfired!
"This defeat is not the fault of the alliance leader!" Yuan Yi and others then voiced their support for Yuan Shao.

Good heavens, this is all Yuan Shao's personal fiefdom now; whatever he says goes.

Lin Mu did not contradict him, but watched quietly.

"However, there is good news: Sun Wentai has already captured Liang County!" Yuan Shao pointed to the travel-worn Sun Jian and announced loudly.

"This deserves the greatest credit!" Yuan Shao said happily.

In fact, the capture of Liang County was not a major achievement, but in order to cover up Bao Zhong's mistakes, it was exaggerated.

"The southern front has successfully achieved its objectives. Wentai, now you will advance straight ahead and take Sishui Pass!" Yuan Shao shouted.

"Rest assured, Alliance Leader, we will certainly take Hua Xiong's head and offer it as a sacrifice to General Bao Zhong!" Sun Jian stood up, bowed respectfully, and shouted.

There were still some bloodstains on Sun Jian's armor, making him look extremely fierce.

"Leader, I humbly request permission to join the attack on Sishui Pass, following Prefect Sun!" Liu Dai, the Governor of Yanzhou, stepped forward and requested to lead the charge.

"Leader, your humble servants are willing to go!" Zhang Chao, the Prefect of Donghai, Zhang Miao, the Prefect of Chenliu, and Bao Xin, the Chancellor of Jibei, stepped forward at the same time and also requested to go into battle.

"Gentlemen," Yuan Shao said, "this vanguard general under Prefect Sun is here to draw attention and represents our stance; he is not our main force. You all have missions and cannot act rashly." Yuan Shao rejected the four men's request to fight.

"Oh... there's another mission? What kind of mission is it? Is it to go north and intercept the alien coalition that's raiding south?"

At that moment, a strange, sarcastic voice rang out.

(End of this chapter)