Yu Zhan'ao, his feet still frozen in the ice, let out a scoff. "Chujing, you are a fool! That old bastard Shangguan Changgeng is not your father; I am your true flesh and blood! How can you still bring yourself to help him?"
Shangguan Xi ignored him, keeping his eyes fixed on the City Lord of Jade City. "City Lord, or should I call you Eldest Young Master Yue? I do not deny that your arrangements were born of good intentions, but you cannot deny this: the reason you were so desperate for me to leave was that you knew as long as I am here, no one will ever be able to destroy the Li Kingdom."
The City Lord of Jade City gripped his reins tightly, offering no rebuttal. He merely replied with cold detachment: "And so what? How long can you hold out on your own?"
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