Infiltrating Fire Dragon Pass-how are you so good at this?

"Lu Yuanwei's Divine Thunder Army has already broken through Crimson Swallow Pass, the Fire Demon Tribe's first defensive line in the west."

"Now the Fire Demon Tribe has no choice but to fall back to its second defensive line at Daoqin Pass."

"It's only been a month, damn it! They've retreated three thousand li in one go. Yang Qilin is useless!"

In the council hall, Liao Rulong fumed.

Long Xiao stood between Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing, glancing from one to the other. "Who's he cursing? That sounds like a Great Zhou general's name. Isn't he talking about Lu Yuanwei?"

Chen Shijie shook his head. "I keep telling you to read more, but you never listen."

Zhao Xing explained, "The commandant is cursing a Fire Demon tribal chief. As for why a chief from another race has a Great Zhou name? That's purely the result of Great Zhou's cultural influence."

"During Wen Emperor's reign, there was no war between Great Zhou and the Southern Wilderness. They even traded and exchanged culture."

"The author of Southern Barbarian Rare Item Records was invited to visit the Southern Barbarians back then. He even got to see the inside of a mighty fortress like Fire Dragon Pass."

"Wen Emperor bestowed surnames and courtesy names on many people from the other races."

"He even gave the Ji surname to the chief of one Fire Demon tribe."

Long Xiao looked puzzled. "Then why is he called Yang Qilin?"

Chen Shijie picked up the explanation. "During the Cheng'an and Eternal Peace eras, His Majesty continued Wen Emperor's approach to governing and bestowed surnames on Fire Demon tribes as well."

"But His Majesty looked down on the Fire Demon Tribe."

"How could mere barbarians deserve the imperial surname?"

"So in the Cheng'an Era, that tribe's surname was changed