Intellectual Disability

Leaning against the gray stone-brick wall, Xu Yuan silently listened to the sounds drifting over from the front courtyard, his lowered eyes concealing his expression.

Ever since her sharp rebuke fell, not another sound had come from the other side of the wall.

It was so silent one could hear a needle drop.

Li Junwu seemed to have already stabilized those senior generals, but that stability would likely crumble before long.

"Princess, please do not persist in going your own way! You have already killed Commander Zhan over a traitor's lies. Must you continue down this wrong path?!"

"Commander Zhan is dead and cannot be brought back. Since it has come to this, we should first seize that villain!"

"Your cultivation is still insufficient to control such a grand formation. Please cherish your own body!"

"If you truly insist that a Saint is attacking the city, then we old men can cooperate with you in defending it. But regarding Commander Zhan, we ask that you think thrice!"

"..."

Listening to the low-voiced remonstrances coming from next door, Xu Yuan let out a soft sigh.

Tianye's voice quietly drifted over, carrying a trace of amused mockery. "Judging by your expression, you don't seem surprised by their reaction at all."

Xu Yuan gave a faint snort.

"Human nature has always been like this. What's so surprising about it?"

Tianye leaned against the gray stone-brick wall alongside Xu Yuan, still with her arms folded across her chest, her index finger lightly tapping.

"Your assessment of this woman really was quite accurate."

Xu Yuan shook his head and said, "The overall direction Li Junwu chose wasn't wrong. It was just that there was a deviation in how she carried it out."

"How so?"

"She shouldn't have chosen to prove herself."

"Oh?" Tianye's interest was