I received Ye Qingyu's reply while on the way to Wo Kingdom.
Since I was traveling with the delegation heading to the Yellow River Assembly, and we were about to reach the River Viewing Terrace, I didn't write back.
I was genuinely surprised by Du Yehu's situation.
Although Ye Qingyu said Du Yehu had "misunderstood" me badly,
I knew Du Yehu's nature well.
Du Yehu wouldn't misunderstand me.
Something must have happened that I still didn't know about, something that had led him to make his own decision.
And Du Yehu's decisions... no one could ever change them.
Just as when he'd decided to take the Ancient Military School's path of tempering his blood and opening his pulses, then enlist with the Jiujiang Black Armor.
The others knew how dangerous that path was, but they also knew even better that they couldn't stop Du Yehu.
All I could do was silently work out a body-tempering technique for him.
Even Ling He, who loved to talk things through at length, had fallen silent. After Du Yehu left, he'd worried every day. When he saw the soldier carrying the message, his first reaction was to burst into tears.
Back then, all five of us... had our own very "firm" ideas.
That was why we'd hit it off and become brothers.
At any rate, since Du Yehu was safe now and doing quite well for himself, I'd let him be for the time being.
I couldn't change his decision, and I couldn't exactly go drag him back by force.
So all I could do was trust him. Trust Du Yehu.
I didn't know what he was doing or what he wanted to do.
But I trusted him.
As for me... I just had to keep moving forward.
When I finished my training for