"And this crushing defeat was personally bestowed by Brother Lin!" Chen Yule laughed, but as he did, the smile on his face slowly grew unnatural, as though he had recalled some painful memories, causing his expression to stiffen. "A crushing defeat?" Princess Tinghan's eyes flickered slightly as memories began to surface in her mind. Smiling, she asked, "I remember that a few years ago... you were defeated by a mysterious sword cultivator beside the Embrace Moon Riverside in Sang Province, and nearly had your Dao heart destroyed because of it?"
"Could that mysterious sword cultivator be..."
To this day, Lin Bai had never publicly admitted that he was the mysterious sword cultivator beside the Embrace Moon Riverside. Everything had been inferred by Chen Yule from the traces he had pieced together.
"Who else could it be?"
Chen Yule and Princess Tinghan both turned to look at Lin Bai's back on the mountain cliff.
His emotions had eased slightly. He shrugged and laughed. "Don't worry about him. Brother Lin is far stronger than either of us can imagine."
"He'll recover soon."
"His Dao heart is as firm as a rock. It won't be shattered so easily."
Princess Tinghan let out a sigh of relief, but she was still somewhat worried. "I'm only concerned that when we face the Northern Territory martial artists, he still won't have been able to pull himself out of it."
Chen Yule laughed. "Don't worry. By the time we battle the Northern Territory martial artists, Brother Lin will certainly have recovered completely."
"With your word, I'm relieved." Princess Tinghan nodded.
"Princess Tinghan..." Chen Yule said earnestly to Princess Tinghan, "I'm telling you all this so that you won't worry about Brother Lin."
"Rather, I hope you can devote all your thoughts and schemes to dealing with the