"Brother Qi, how is the situation in the Qi Tian Sect's territory?"
After waiting for Lin Bai to finish arranging matters in the Imperial Palace, Qi Lingyu finally took a deep breath, dropped all his disguises, and decided to tell them the truth.
"If someone else had come to ask, I would naturally have said... the situation in the Qi Tian Sect's territory isn't too bad. The Qi Tian Sect still has tens of millions of martial artists in its army, as well as countless allied lineages."
"Enough to contend and maneuver against the Southern Region's martial artists for some time!"
"But since it's you asking, I'll tell you the truth!"
Qi Lingyu's expression suddenly turned grave, and he said coldly:
"The situation in the Qi Tian Sect's territory isn't optimistic. On the contrary, it's extremely grim."
"When the Southern Region invaded, we had set up three lines of defense, but the Southern Region's martial artists broke through every one of them in turn."
"After the Southern Region began invading the Qi Tian Sect's territory, they broke through the first line of defense with lightning speed."
"We quickly adjusted our arrangements, concentrating a large number of martial artists at the second line of defense and fighting desperately to resist the Southern Region's invasion."
"But that only bought us a little time."
"You've probably already heard what happened afterward."
Qi Lingyu let out a sorrowful sigh and shook his head.
"Originally, we could still hold out at the second line of defense for some time. But after Southern Border Insect Valley released a plague, the second line of defense was completely breached. We had no choice but to retreat toward the third line of defense."
Hearing this, Lin Bai asked:
"A plague?"
"What kind of plague?"
Qi Lingyu gave a simple