"Your Highness, did I hear that right?"
In the stands where Lu Rushuang and the others sat, Commandery Princess Chu Xiaoxiao was utterly dumbfounded.
"Although... I want to ask the same thing, you probably heard correctly. Zhang Moyan really did concede..."
With a wooden expression, Chu Tiancheng withdrew his gaze from the Golden Scale Platform as he spoke, then turned to his master, Lu Rushuang, beside him and asked:
"Master, do you know anything about this?"
Lost in thought, Lu Rushuang was interrupted by Chu Tiancheng.
She glanced at Chu Tiancheng, then shook her head.
"I really don't know anything, but..."
At this point, she turned her gaze back toward the Golden Scale Platform, fixing it on Zhang Moyan, who stood there with his arms folded across his chest, looking relaxed as he chatted with Xu Taiping. Finally, she said thoughtfully:
"Before conceding, Zhang Moyan bowed to Taiping in thanks, saying he was thanking him for saving the countless people of Western Liang. Judging by that, Taiping went to Western Liang during those three months after escaping the Dragon-Trapping Tower."
Hearing this, Chu Tiancheng froze, then looked at Lu Rushuang with some surprise.
"Master, a few days ago, I happened to see a secret report on Father Emperor's desk. It said that the Sea-Calming Tower had been surrounded by the Demon Army led by the Shark Emperor, and that the formation core of the Sea Incineration Grand Formation, the very foundation of the Sea-Calming Tower, was under siege by Shark Demons."
"Could what Senior Brother Taiping did... could it have something to do with that? Such as lifting the Demon Army's siege."
By this point, Chu Tiancheng's beautiful eyes were filled with horror.
"If it was a kindness of that magnitude, it would indeed warrant such thanks from Zhang Moyan.