Though he couldn't figure out how these bastards had slipped away unnoticed from within the ironclad encirclement he had laid down, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing now, and with no other options for the time being, the only choice was to set up the ironclad encirclement again to trap them.
After Luo Yuanfeng gathered up the previous formation and arrived, he had no objections to this—it was just a matter of surveying and setting it up once more. However, Lin Wuxiang, who was skilled in using poisons, had no choice but to speak up in warning: "Mr. Yu, that's not how poison is used.
Scattering it over a range of several li at a time is too much for any poison user to bear. This isn't like Luo Yuanfeng's formations, which can be taken back and reused after deployment. Once the poison is scattered, how do you take it back?
Before, you said the trap would be like an iron barrel, certain to capture them in one move, so I grit my teeth and wasted a huge amount. Now the targets haven't been caught, and you want to do it all over again. I can't take it anymore."
Yu Yifu said gravely, "Don't be afraid of the cost. Once this is done, I'll report to the Royal Court, and whatever you've lost will be compensated double." By now, he was essentially certain that Shi Chun's mount was indeed here, and all he lacked was solid proof.