Seeing this, Liu Yidao said, "No need to think about it. His family isn't well-known, and his origins are extraordinary. It's perfectly normal that you don't know him."
"Strictly speaking, he should be my mortal enemy."
As he spoke, Liu Yidao looked at Ye Yu. "Why are you here? By all rights, you shouldn't have this much freedom."
Faced with Liu Yidao's questioning, Ye Yu smiled faintly.
"I naturally have my reasons. This isn't the place to talk. Let's leave first."
"Fine. We'll leave first and talk later."
Chang'an, Summer Palace.
The sudden crushing defeat had made the atmosphere within the group somewhat stifling.
After a long silence, Ruan Su Xian said, "How is Princess Wu Yang? Is she seriously hurt?"
"She has already taken medicine to stabilize her injuries. There's no immediate danger for now."
After the brief exchange, everyone fell silent again.
After another ten breaths, Jun Lin spoke. "We lost this time, and we lost badly."
"Do any of you have anything to say?"
Hearing this, Chen Xiao, who had already transformed into a burly man, said softly, "A loss is a loss. There's nothing to say."
"If there's really something to say, it's that the Child of the Forbidden Ground was far stronger than we imagined."
"If there is a next time, they probably won't retreat so inexplicably again."
Having received his elder brother's reply, Jun Lin steadied his emotions and said.
"Very good. It seems this defeat hasn't knocked us down."
"Victory and defeat are commonplace in war. We lost this time; we'll win it back next time."
"We just received word that the Li Yang Dynasty's Borderlands are in urgent peril. In ten days, we will set out for the Borderlands."
After saying that, Jun Lin rose and left. Ruan Su Xian and