At that moment, Li Chen looked at Tuoba Anyu, who was tenderly attending to him, and suddenly asked, "Anyu, how much do you know about the Great Luo Dynasty to the north?"
Tuoba Anyu gently brought a peeled, crystal-clear Ice Grape Fruit to Li Chen's lips and replied softly, "When I lived at the Court, I heard the elders of my clan speak of them. The people of the Great Luo Dynasty are very different.
"They are extremely tall and powerfully built, and many have blond hair and blue eyes. Their skin is white as snow, and they have thick body hair. Their temperament is like the blizzards of the Northern Lands: fierce and skilled in battle, yet possessed of a primal wildness.
"Legend has it that their ancestors were descendants of giants who emerged from the frozen plains of the bitterly cold far north. The desire for conquest and expansion is etched into their very bones."
She paused, seemingly recalling something, then continued, "If not for the natural barrier of Perilous Snow Mountain, stretching for thousands of miles and nearly impassable even to birds and beasts, the Great Luo Dynasty would probably have marched south in force long ago, given its current strength and sheer brute ferocity.
"When I was young, I lived with my tribe on the fringes of Great Snow Mountain for a time. The conditions there are exceptionally harsh, but they have also forged the people of Daluo into people of extraordinary physical resilience and willpower.
"Their territory wasn't particularly vast in the early years, but over the past few decades, they have waged constant wars to the east and west, swallowing countless tribes and small kingdoms. Their borders have now expanded to a truly terrifying extent, and their strength is unfathomable."
As Li Chen listened