A Knot in His Heart, Set Aside for Now

Xu Yanwu's expression was conflicted.

"I'm afraid that if something like that happens again, I won't dare..."

"But we've already encountered it again!"

Cang Xuan stepped forward, floating in midair as she met Xu Yanwu's gaze. "Xu Yanwu, why do you always dwell on what you did wrong and worry about the future? Why can't you think about... what you've done before?"

"Although I don't know exactly what happened over the years, I remember the past perfectly clearly. Danzhu remembers too!"

"That's right! Uncle Xu Yanwu, you did so many things in the past."

Danzhu was still hanging off Xu Yanwu and had not had the chance to climb down yet, so she continued from there.

"When Uncle Xu Yanwu first showed up, you were just a head, but you led us to Ji Lin!"

"No... that's not what we should be talking about now... Ah, got it."

Danzhu's eyes lit up as she continued, "Whenever you went out with Lianshan, even though you never said it, you were always helping other tribes develop."

Danzhu counted on her fingers, listing a great many things Xu Yanwu had done. At last, she summed it up.

"During all that time in the tribe, weren't you always helping everyone else?"

After Danzhu finished, Cang Xuan spoke to Xu Yanwu.

"Lastly... the very last thing. Chi You."

Cang Xuan spoke solemnly to Xu Yanwu. "Although... I don't know what exactly happened over these years, I do know one thing."

"The Chi You back then was not an enemy that the Shenzhou of that time could have resisted. Yet we, together with you, sealed Chi You away. Do you understand?"

"You saved Shenzhou."

"Isn't that enough?"

After hearing Cang Xuan's words, Xu Yanwu fell silent for a long time before shaking his head again. "No,