Thus, the wandering trio settled down in Xuanfeng Valley. Chi Nanwei had come to ask Ye Beizhi how long he planned to stay, feeling that living with other people would invite gossip. Ye Beizhi couldn’t answer her question for he didn’t know how long they had to stay either—it all depended on how long the war would last.0

Having struggled on battlefields for many years, he knew war all too well. He had a hunch that this invasion wasn’t just another yearly skirmish—it could very well lead to the fall of an entire nation. If his hunch proved true, then this would be the safest place in all of the Central Plains. Any farther, and they would have to take to the sea.0

If possible, Ye Beizhi didn’t want to keep dragging Chi Nanwei along in such an unstable life. He had...0