"What I meant by saving her wasn't for you to save her with your strength, but to tell a well-intentioned lie," Lü Yun said.
"What do you mean?" Xu Zimo asked doubtfully.
"Let me tell you a story.
Ever since the Black Dragon took control of this world tens of thousands of years ago, our Lizardmen Tribe had lost its freedom.
We could only live our entire lives in this frog in a well of a village. We longed for the broader world outside.
Several thousand years ago, a human accidentally entered our Small World. Curious about this outsider, we secretly let him stay in our village.
This human was very interesting. He was knowledgeable and well-traveled, often telling us about fascinating places and events in the outside world.
After some time, the man unexpectedly fell in love with a woman from our village.
The man wanted to take the woman into the outside world, to see those interesting places and things he had once told her about.
But without the Black Dragon's permission, no one could leave this place.
From then on, the man embarked upon a path of dragon slaying."
Having said this, Lü Yun took a deep breath before continuing.
"Unfortunately, the Black Dragon was immensely powerful. The man was no match for it and returned gravely wounded every time.
But the man had some tricks up his sleeve. He had a way to break through the barrier of our Small World and flee to the outside world, where the Black Dragon did not dare pursue him.
Thus, the battle continued for several hundred years. Every so often, the man would come challenge the Black Dragon, then flee after being seriously wounded.
Until a thousand years ago, when the man went to challenge the Black Dragon once