Shui Wuyin was quiet for a moment as well before he continued with clear diction.
"There mustn't be any carelessness now. I trust all the Nine Heavens Dictum brothers, I trust that they see death as their end, I trust that they're loyal. Unfortunately, the reality is that… there are those who can't take it. That is why we lost nineteen brothers."
Shui Wuyin softly sighed. "Actually, there were only seven of them who had initially exposed themselves by accident. These seven people were the most external circle of the Nine Heavens Dictum. What they know is limited. If they could have kept it in, there wouldn't have been any loss afterward."
"Nonetheless, they couldn't keep the secret, and their supervisors were identified. They, in turn, couldn't take the torture as well, so their supervisors were discovered. Eventually, it became the current nineteen casualties."