Both sides slowly retreated, then began making their respective preparations.
"Ancestor, will that fellow Miller stab us in the back later?" Zhou Ke asked as he walked over to Zhou Ziyun's side while watching Miller and the others pack up their gear.
"Hehe! If they didn't stab us in the back, they wouldn't be foreigners," Zhou Ziyun said with a smile.
"Then why did you..." Zhou Ke grew curious as he recalled the conversation between Zhou Ziyun and Miller.
"If it were you, what would you do?" Zhou Ziyun asked.
"Fight to the bitter end and settle this with Miller and those foreigners, one side dead and the other alive. Besides, with you three Ancestors here, I believe our chances of victory would be high," Zhou Ke said.
"Then have you considered how many people we would lose after fighting the foreigners? And that all those people would be descendants of our Zhou Family?" Zhou Ziyun asked.
"Well..." Zhou Ke considered it before saying, "People die in battle. As long as we win and the casualties remain within acceptable limits, it will be fine."
Zhou Ziyun shook his head and asked again, "Fine, then after defeating the foreigners, would you enter this Xiye Ancient City or not?"
"Of course we would enter. We finally found Xiye Ancient City, and there might be treasures inside that we want. Why wouldn't we go in?" Zhou Ke replied.
"Then after fighting the foreigners, with most of your people lost and some lightly wounded while others are seriously injured, how would you arrange for people to enter? Who would watch the wounded? Could something go wrong? Besides, can you predict what dangers lie inside this Ancient City?"
"Then I would take the wounded back first and return after we had recovered," Zhou Ke said.