"I'll go gather some firewood and bring it back to light a fire." After meditating to recuperate for a while, he slowly rose.
The night was too cold. He did not mind, and he did not care whether the other two men lived or died.
But he could not let his sister-in-law freeze.
He released an evil spirit to scout the way, then walked out of the Mountain Cave.
The evil spirit entered a dense forest and finally stopped beneath a thousand-year-old tree.
Xie Jinqian halted, his expression grave. "Master."
The masked man in black slowly emerged from behind the tree, his eyes cold and filled with a chilling menace.
"You jumped off a cliff for a woman. How can you shoulder the Southern Yue Grand Ambition?"
This was the first time he had ever seen his disciple lose his reason like this.
When doing business in Southern Yue, Xie Jinqian had always been shrewd, securing his footing at every step. He had never suffered such a great loss.
Had Xie Jinqian's influence in Southern Yue not fallen short of the Crown Prince's, his master would never have followed him to Great Xia to seek the protection of the Emperor of Great Xia.
Everything had already been planned.
If the emperor of Great Xia was killed by Southern Mei, the two countries would go to war.
Then, behind the King of Southern Yue's back, they would mobilize the forces they had planted throughout Southern Yue over the years to help Great Xia wipe out Southern Mei.
They would reap the fisherman's profit while others fought. Afterward, not only would Great Xia protect them, but they could also claim Southern Mei's territory and rule as kings, gaining the strength to stand against the King of Southern Yue.
But the one thing