Chapter 103.1: He is White Supremes Disciple!
Chapter 103.1: He is White Supreme's Disciple!
Qi Yuan listened to Yuan Qi's impassioned speech for a long while before saying, "I have nothing to do with Great Xia. I simply protect the City of No Return because I am its appointed guardian."
He didn't want to owe anyone a favor for no reason.
Hearing this, Yuan Qi was momentarily puzzled, but soon came to understand. The city guardian had to be a man with a magnanimous heart! Even though he likely wasn't a native of Great Xia, he refused to let the southern lands fall into the northern's hands. Hence, the man came alone to the Central Plains, took up station at this city, and guarded it for the sake of all living beings.
He was a true cultivator of great virtue, unshackled by notions of clan or country.
Yuan Qi's respect for him deepened. Then, he thought of his elder brother.
Finally, he asked in a low voice, "Senior, when you arrived at the City of No Return, did you see the soldiers of the Song Battalion from Great Xia?"
"Not long after I came here, two ordinary soldiers from the Song Battalion arrived. They said their unit was ambushed on the road and the entire army was wiped out. Only the two of them escaped with serious injuries, but they didn't last more than a few days. They breathed their last here."
Qi Yuan recalled them, one named Zhang Sheng [1] and the other Chen Jiao [2].
If they had chosen different names, perhaps their fates would have been different, he mused.
"They're buried deep within the City of No Return," Qi Yuan said.
Yuan Qi's heart grew heavy. He had suspected as much before he even arrived, but seeing it confirmed tore at him even more.