"Oh?"
Xiao Fan raised his eyebrows slightly at Zhantai Ling's words, then asked, "What happened?"
Zhantai Ling recalled the events for a moment before saying, "Before my grandfather was demoted and sent to Zhanyun City, he fought in the war between the Jia Ma Empire and the Chu Yun Empire. According to my father, there was one occasion when my grandfather returned looking rather unsettled."
"At first, my father merely thought he was injured. Only after my father repeatedly pressed him did my grandfather tell him what had happened."
At this point, hesitation appeared on Zhantai Ling's face. Then he took a deep breath, his expression easing with relief, before continuing to address Xiao Fan and Yun Yun:
"My grandfather happened to overhear that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect planned to slaughter an entire city in the Jia Ma Empire as a sacrifice. However, defeating the Jia Ma Empire still required the sect's help at the time. Besides, my grandfather thought that since it would happen within the Jia Ma Empire, it would have no impact on the Chu Yun Empire. Although his conscience wavered, he ultimately did nothing to stop it."
Yun Yun frowned at Zhantai Ling's words. The last trace of goodwill she had felt toward the Zhan Family vanished completely.
Although the Zhan Family had not orchestrated the affair, Zhantai Ling's grandfather had known about it and kept silent. How was that any different from helping a tyrant commit atrocities?
Regardless of whether those people were citizens of the Chu Yun Empire, Zhantai Ling's grandfather had been a general, yet he had disregarded innocent lives. In Yun Yun's eyes, he was utterly unworthy of commanding an army.
As he told the story, Zhantai Ling had been watching Xiao Fan's and Yun Yun's expressions. Seeing Yun Yun's face