Although he was young, he possessed an imposing air, and his tone carried an overwhelming sense of pressure. Even Han the Second, who had spent half his life traversing the battlefield, felt compelled to treat the youth with gravity. Truly, Ten Thousand Serpents Valley did not raise idlers.
"Insolence! Prince Changle chose to remain in Dongji of his own volition; no one coerced him," Han the Second barked, his tiger eyes widening in a glare. "If you do not believe it, you may come inside and ask him yourself."
The aggressive aura surrounding Yuan Gu dissipated somewhat. After all, he was on someone else’s turf; he had to tuck his tail and behave. If he truly angered these madmen from Nanxin, he wouldn't just fail in his mission to retrieve Prince Changle and assassinate Prince Si—he would surely lose his own life here as well.
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