On one hand, he wanted to win Shrek over; on the other, he would thoroughly offend the Sun Moon Empire and might even risk starting a war.
This left Xu Jiawei utterly torn.
The army stationed in the Mingdou Mountains was led by Dai Hao.
He and Dai Hao were close friends.
Naturally, he did not want to drag his good friend into a war.
Xuan Zi added, "Relax. With me here to hold the fort, those Sun Moon people won't dare act recklessly."
"Well, uh..."
Xu Jiawei had a splitting headache over this.
In this year's Tournament,
his younger sister, the Star Luo princess Xu Jiujiu, was also a contestant.
If they deliberately killed students from the Sun Moon Team,
Xu Jiujiu would undoubtedly be in danger as well.
Rely on the referee to protect her?
One had to remember
that the teacher leading the Sun Moon delegation was Jing Hongchen.
They had even sent their academy's dean. Who knew what other experts were lurking in the shadows?
He certainly did not want his sister to die.
As for Xuan Zi's assurances, he had never counted on them.
After all, when that man got ruthless, he could screw over even people from his own academy.
Naturally, he refused to entrust his sister's safety to someone like that.
Seeing Xu Jiawei drag his feet without giving an answer,
Xuan Zi loudly berated him. "Xu Jiawei, are you even a man? As an emperor with lofty ambitions, you don't even dare do this much? Are you really going to watch the Sun Moon Empire snatch the championship away?"
"Xuan Zi!"
"You should understand that some things simply cannot be done."
"Once we do them, there will be no way to bring this to a close."
"Besides, if we can't win the