Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 361 - 253 The Fall of the Northern Border_3

Chapter 361: Chapter 253 The Fall of the Northern Border_3

There, a huge Sect Border Army was entrenched, but they showed no intention of sending reinforcements whatsoever.

On the dawn of the third day, Elite Troops from the Sects around Houting County had already arrived outside of Northern Border City, but they showed no intention of coming to reinforce, instead they began setting up camp outside Northern Border City.

Li Qingyan’s willow brows slightly furrowed, she fell silent for a few breaths, and then chuckled softly shaking her head:

"The bottom line of these Sect people remains unchanged."

"Do not hold any hope for the Sects, they can always show you what a surprise is."

Xu Yuan, hearing this, smiled in agreement, paused, and then asked softly, "By the way, Qingyan, why do you think they’re not coming to support us?"

Li Qingyan lifted her gaze to the sky covered by thick snow clouds:

"They’re waiting, waiting for Uncle Mu and Mr. Zong to head south and join forces with them. They don’t want to face the full might of the Barbarian Tribes alone. The losses would be huge, and after all, we have the ’Cloud Qi Bomb’; we can’t be defeated."

"Tsk...."

Xu Yuan chuckled softly upon hearing this, his eyes looking toward the direction of the camps grew somewhat cold: "My guess is similar to yours, but you seem to have forgotten one thing."

Li Qingyan turned her gaze towards him, her beautiful eyes twinkling as she smiled:

"Are you talking about... their waiting for the Barbarian King to make a choice?"

"Exactly."

Xu Yuan snapped his fingers and smiled, "You said it before, right? If the Barbarian King chooses to retreat, these Sects will probably ignore it and let them pass through northward."

Li Qingyan’s eyes narrowed slightly:

"Letting the Barbarian Tribes pass northward, afterward it would be Houting County’s defense line."

The defensive line around Houting County was made up of several small and medium-sized border towns. They were destroyed before, but a few months of repairs had made it relatively sturdy.

Xu Yuan naturally understood the implication and sighed:

"Allowing the Barbarian Tribes to pass, those Sects could recover the captured Northern Border City and have the Barbarian Tribes take over the defense line they repaired in Houting."

He paused,

then Xu Yuan lightly placed his hand on the ice-cold battlements:

"In this way, the only forces left trapped in the snowfields of the Northern Frontier would be Lord Hou and Mr. Zong, why not do it?"

"......."

The wind and snow tousled the long hair of the woman in red, her voice void of any emotion: "This palace... will one day exterminate all these Sect people and their nine generations."

Seeing her anger, Xu Yuan reminded her again:

"So, are we retreating?"

Li Qingyan pondered for a moment, then turned her gaze and asked instead of answering:

"Prince Consort, where did Yuan Hao go?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan’s eyes conveyed an appropriate amount of puzzlement:

"Yuan Hao? He’s gone missing?"

Li Qingyan spoke slowly and deliberately:

"These three days, this palace has not seen him, nor have I received any reports from other officers about him. With his capabilities, he shouldn’t be so silent."

Xu Yuan furrowed his brow:

"I’m not sure about that, he probably either fled or died in battle."

After speaking,

Xu Yuan took a crystal-like object and crushed it nonchalantly.

He was signalling for someone to come pick him up for an escape.

Mr. Jiu, who was escorting Li Yunqing to Houting County, had returned to Northern Border City before the Barbarian Tribes launched their attack.

But after a few breaths,

Mr. Jiu didn’t come; instead, Xu Yuan smelled the scent of poisonous roses.

Lou Ji had returned.

After appearing, Lou Ji nodded at Li Qingyan and then smiled at Xu Yuan, speaking softly:

"Our Changtian is finally willing to leave?"

"Having finished the task at hand, it’s natural to leave," Xu Yuan said straightforwardly, with Lou Ji by his side: "Besides, it would be a little late to not leave now."

Li Qingyan heard this and half-narrowed her phoenix eyes:

"Finished... what task?"

Xu Yuan turned and flashed a grin, pointing down at the north city wall:

"Thanks to Your Highness, I was able to come and go freely at any part of this north city wall."

Li Qingyan’s crimson pupils contracted slightly, as if realizing something:

"What... what do you mean?"

Xu Yuan shook his head, simply saying:

"Qingyan, in life, you have to give up something to gain something. I’ll wait for you around Houting County."

Lou Ji heard this and cheerfully waved at Li Qingyan:

"Little sister, I’ll take Changtian away first, okay~"

At that,

the wind and snow continued, and the two figures disappeared from the top of the city wall...