"What is it?"
"Could it be that you still don't know how much your recent deeds have affected the Central Plains, Sir Dragon Tiger?"
Zhao Yi leaned back in the grand armchair, watching Chen Yi with a smile. "Before coming here, I thought that rumor was the work of people scheming against the Xiao Family. How could two people who had been dead for five years still be alive?"
"But after seeing you with my own eyes, I suddenly had a bold suspicion. That rumor wasn't aimed at the Xiao Family, but at you-Dragon Tiger, Chen Yu!"
"The Barbarian Tribe doesn't care whether Xiao Fengchun and the others live or die. They're merely using this as a smokescreen to turn everyone's attention toward you, a Heavenly Pride of the Central Plains."
"I imagine you must have visited the Barbarian Tribe recently?"
"Although I don't know why you ventured deep into their territory, I suspect those rumors about you are all true."
"The Barbarian Tribe's Left King, Muhage, personally led his tribe's warriors in pursuit of you. Their two Great Grandmasters, Wenkela and Tuluo, hunted you too. Even Great Asa wanted to keep you on the Barbarian Tribe's lands."
Believing he had discovered the truth, Zhao Yi leaned forward and curled his lips. "Let me guess. Your existence made Great Asa and the others feel threatened?"
"Am I right?"
Was that how it was?
Seeing how certain he was, Chen Yi hardly had the heart to reveal the truth and crush his confidence.
After all, fools were uncommon, and self-proclaimed clever men were rarer still.
"You guessed correctly. Great Asa did indeed want to keep me there, so much so that he dispatched two Great Grandmasters."
Zhao Yi's smile deepened. "Excellent, excellent. You truly live up to your worldwide reputation, Dragon