CHAPTER 1183: CHAPTER 63: RAIDERS DESCEND, SHATTERING THE BALANCE

"If she longed for me to seek revenge, I would have known who my father was since I was a child, known my enemies. I would practice swordsmanship every day instead of playing the zither, and there wouldn’t be days running around on the road in worn straw shoes with a wooden stick."

"There wouldn’t be two people arguing over who the roasted goose was really bought for."

"I would become a flame in the chaos, fluttering across the world, then quickly extinguished."

"Turning into pale ashes, scattered by the wind into the sky, leaving nothing behind."

Li Guanyi smiled gently and said, "Perhaps my aunt initially had the idea of telling me about hatred, but in the end, she gave up."

"No matter what this chaotic world is like, in her eyes, I will always be that Li Nu’er in her arms, listening to her humming lullabies that a mother would sing to her child."

Li Guanyi did not shy away from discussing his past, only he still hid his real name, only mentioning his little-known nickname, with a strong sense of nostalgia in his words.

Back then, when his father got into trouble, Murong Qiushui held him and fled, then wandered around Chen Country, hiding east and west.

Younger than Li Guanyi’s current age.

Saatanati listened to the words of this legendary general, that childlike past, especially that name, and was stunned, then instinctively looked around, breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and quickly whispered:

"Luckily, you only told me."

Li Guanyi asked, "Why?"

Saatanati was puzzled and asked him:

"Can such words, such titles, be passed down to future generations?"

Li Guanyi, clad in a battle robe, smiled and asked, "What do you think?"

Saatanati thought about it and carefully replied:

"Naive and tender."

Pausing, he added seriously, "It doesn’t seem like the mindset of an overlord."

So Li Guanyi laughed heartily:

"What on earth did Breaking Army and Daiqing teach you?"

He handed the zither to the young girl, then stood up, seriously smiling and replied, "Since it’s a rare childish word, I’ll trouble you to write it down and pass it down, let the heroes and kings of future generations mock me."

"Record?"

Saatanati, holding the zither, didn’t understand that there were people in the Central Plains specifically recording history, she just thought to ask Mr. Yan Daiqing later, then saw that the Divine General walked away, Li Guanyi stopped at a place.

On the flat rooftops of the Western Regions, a silver-haired girl stood quietly, watching the vast sky and earth, the mountains piercing abruptly in the distance, visible to the naked eye, but actually extremely far away.

Among the mountains, the tallest and most majestic is [Juxu Mountain].

It is a place more towering, distant, and sacred than the Holy Mountain of the Dangxiang Kingdom, where the Nine-colored Divine Deer rested, and General Xue shot through.

The silver-haired girl looked down at Li Guanyi.

Li Guanyi said, "Although we obtained the geographical map from the Dangxiang Kingdom, having a map doesn’t necessarily make it easy to use. The climate and terrain of the Western Regions are too complex, and I may not be able to lead these people across thousands of miles alone."

"Therefore, I may need to borrow your power, Shaking Light."

The silver-haired girl’s eyes fixed on Li Guanyi, her face showing no emotional fluctuation, and said, "Borrow?"

Li Guanyi said, "Yes, although we have the geographical map, Yuan Xia and my sense of direction are average, the map can only give a general location of cities and oases, but the wind, rain, or sandstorms of the day can’t be seen."

"The climate of the great desert in the Western Regions can drown an army."

"To achieve this, I can only borrow your power."

The silver-haired girl shook her head, her voice calmly replied:

"But, I have nothing and no power to lend to you."

Li Guanyi was stunned:

The girl’s clear eyes looked at him, replied:

"My power was originally yours."

She looked at Li Guanyi, suddenly stepped forward, her silver hair fluttering down, the girl floated down, Li Guanyi extended his hand, caught Shaking Light steadily, the girl landed on the ground, bent down, patted the dust off her knees.

Then extended her hand.

No more words were spoken.

Li Guanyi only smiled and replied, "Alright."

...

The grand army from the Western Regions pressed down, the Wolf King Army’s momentum was magnificent. In such circumstances, Anxi City successfully completed an alliance with Chen Country and Ying Country. On this day, Anxi City Lord Tian Ge’er personally attended a simple banquet.

Wearing armor and a battle robe, a certain degree of disguise was made.

To give [Marquis Qin Wu] and [Tian Ge’er] the impression that, although similar, they are not the same person.

Although Li Guanyi knew, in the eyes of the Wolf King, Jiang Wanxiang, and even Chen Dingye, his identity should have already been exposed—they stood at the top positions of this world.

From such a high position, they could see more intelligence, speculate more things.

This identity was not yet known to the world.

At the banquet, conversations were pleasant, especially the Chen State Envoy, who seemed to regard the gentle and easily deceived Mr. Wen He as his internal agent and spy.

The attitude was especially kind.

Mr. Wen He seemed unaware that this ’bosom friend’ was using him to gain intelligence on Anxi City, treating people with sincerity, saying much ’real stuff,’ a truly gentle and warm-hearted gentleman.

Even Lan Wendu, the deputy general and military advisor for Lu Youxian, felt a bit embarrassed.

But thinking of Lu Youxian’s strategy, they still continued to ’deceive’ this gentleman.

At this moment, it was strategic for the Land of Invincibility.

General Lu Youxian’s city was strong, its defenses formidable, almost like a fortress; without ten times the troops spending months of tough battle, breaking through the defenses was out of the question. Months ago, even the Wolf King had a wolf tooth crushed under Lu Youxian’s defense.