Jiang Nannan had just finished a day of training and was sitting on a bench beside the training ground.
When she reached the part where Xu Tianran had sent Jing Hongchen away to Heaven Dou City, the water bottle in her hand stopped at her lips.
Jiang Nannan knew little about the Sun Moon Empire's court struggles, but she understood one thing: Jing Hongchen had backed the wrong side, failed to pull out in time, and ended up banished.
Jiang Nannan lowered her water bottle and stared blankly at the distant training ground.
She wondered whether, in his place, she would have made the same choice.
She knew nothing of the twists and turns of politics and admitted she could not outplay those people. Jiang Nannan drew back her gaze and kept reading.
[Jing Hongchen's story was, in the end, a tragedy of backing the wrong side.
His abilities were solid. The standing of a Level-Nine Soul Engineer carried weight anywhere.
But his political judgment had been poor. He thought following Xu Tianran would protect his family's legacy, and instead he lost it.
Later, in Heaven Dou City, he lived in a drunken haze. He never made another Soul Tool worth mentioning.
A Level-Nine Soul Engineer who had once stood at the pinnacle of Soul Tool creation on the continent ended up a drunk in a border city.
That fate was harder to bear than being killed outright, because Xu Tianran wanted him alive to watch everything he had turn to passing clouds before his eyes.]
Tang Ya had just finished chatting with Bei Bei and was in a good mood.
When she reached the part about Jing Hongchen drinking his days away in Heaven Dou City, her steps slowed.
Tang Ya did not know much about the Sun Moon