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Chapter 565 What must be given up must be given up
Ke Wuji and Chen Wan stood on the open ground in front of the thatched hut, watching Li Dachui hold Jiang Qian's hand. In a few flashes, their figures disappeared before their eyes, disappearing into the light morning mist.

"Elder, the Protector calls that woman Jiang Jiang!" Chen Wan's eyes remained fixed straight ahead. "I feel there's something fishy about their relationship!"

Ke Wuji turned to look at his subordinate. Although she was not young, Chen Wan still had a childlike heart. It was his fault, and of course, Lu Xiong's, for protecting her too well.

“Sometimes you have to learn to shut up!” he said softly. “There are some things that are not for you to comment on, and even I won’t say a word.”

"I was just saying this in front of you!" Chen Wan pouted. "Look at you, you're not even trying to hide it from us, holding hands right in front of us."

"Shut up!" Ke Wuji shouted sternly, "Masters of the Innate Realm have sharp ears and eyes. You think they can't hear you? They might hear everything. They could easily break your foot if they give you a hard time later!"

Is being born with innate abilities really that powerful?

"I don't know, but it's better to be safe than sorry!" Ke Wuji shook his head: "But I always feel like there's something wrong with Jiang Qian!"

A master of innate cultivation can easily conceal or even disguise their cultivation level. When Ke Wuji first met Jiang Qian a long time ago, she appeared to have no cultivation at all. Of course, he knew it was all fake.

When he saw Jiang Qian this time, he still felt the same way.

Ke Wuji had no suspicions.

Moreover, even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to test Jiang Qian in person.

In Ke Wuji's view, this was tantamount to courting death.

Anyway, it seems that Jiang Qian has been completely subdued by Protector Li, so why should I interfere?
"Elder, I've heard that General Xiao of the Northern Protectorate is incredibly powerful, someone who can't tolerate any injustice! You've been to the borderlands and met her, is that true?" Chen Wan asked.

Ke Wuji smiled and said, "I have seen him, but the one who appeared in front of me was not a powerful general, but a woman with a child on her face and a happy smile."

"Anyway, I heard from those people from beyond the Great Wall that General Xiao is an extremely formidable woman!" She chuckled as she said this, "Governor Li's luck with women isn't much better. General Xiao is a tigress, while this woman in front of you is a dragon. If this tigress and the dragon clash and start fighting, whose side do you think Governor Li will take?"

Seeing Chen Wan laughing happily, Ke Wuji was both amused and exasperated, but thinking about it, what she said really made sense.

Which of these two is the one who suffered a loss?
Li Duhu himself was an extremely powerful figure, a true dragon, and indeed, the women who had dealings with him were all extremely powerful women, like tigresses and dragons.

However, since he is a true dragon, he should have a way to quell the disputes in his own backyard. We are just worrying unnecessarily, worrying about things that happened in ancient times.

"You can say this to me, but don't utter a word of it to anyone after you leave!" Ke Wuji instructed his somewhat dim-witted disciple.

"I know!"

Standing in a bay, Jiang Qian silently watched the various objects floating on the water, including several corpses. After a long silence, she finally said, "Wang Pu lost!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Dachui sent a flag flying up from the river. It landed in his hand, and when he unfurled it, the large "王" (king) character in the center of the flag revealed the outcome of the battle at Cloud Mist Mountain.

Even the commander's flag has flown here, which naturally signifies a crushing defeat. "If we had returned to Cloud Mist Mountain yesterday, they might not have lost!" Jiang Qian said unwillingly, "That was five thousand elite naval troops and dozens of warships! These people and these ships, you might not feel sorry for them, but I do! Besides, Wang Pu is a fierce general on the water, I wonder if he's still alive?"

Li Dachui shook his head and said, "To me, you are much more important than those people and those ships."

"Don't say such useless things!"

“How can you say it’s useless?” Li Dachui said, “Without you, how could I have subdued He Jiong of Yong’an, Han Zheng of Ruyin, and those Tiger Legion troops in Yong’an, as well as the naval forces there? Compared to that, Yunwu Mountain is just a small matter!”

"Does going to Yunwu Mountain mean we can't go to Yong'an?" Jiang Qian asked rhetorically, but as soon as she spoke, she realized the meaning behind Li Dachui's words and paused for a moment before saying, "You suspect that Xiang Ying was in yesterday's naval force?"

Li Dachui nodded and said, "I even suspect that not only Xiang Ying is involved, but also your relative, Jiang Chong! If you were alright, we wouldn't be afraid of them, but now that you've lost all your power, I can't fight them alone."

Li Dachui's concerns were not unfounded.

When the people on Cloud Mist Mountain saw Chen Yan's navy on the river, they didn't lack the ability to save them, but rather the courage to do so.

Because at this point, Yunwu Mountain could very well have become a den of dragons and tigers for the two of them.

For Xiang Ying, Jiang Qian is an enemy, but isn't Li Dachui also an enemy?

The reason for cooperating with Li Dachui was to eliminate Jiang Qian, their greatest threat. Now that Jiang Qian is finished, Li Dachui's greatest use is over. If they could eliminate both of them at the same time, that would be a great thing.

Normally, taking down a master of innate talent like this would be extremely difficult elsewhere, but in a place like Cloud Mist Mountain, it's hard to say.

With the navy surrounding them, there was no way to escape to heaven or earth.

With two innate masters like myself and Jiang Chong, how could we not be victorious?
Moreover, in Yunwu Mountain, Jiang Qian, who has realized that she has been deceived by Li Dachui, may have already fought Li Dachui to a draw. Even if Jiang Qian wins, can she have a ten percent chance of winning against herself and Jiang Chong?

"This is your ally? He really turns on you without hesitation. One moment he was eager to expose his true intentions to you, and the next he's aiming a knife straight for your back!"

"We were brought together by mutual interests to begin with, and when the benefits are gone, we part ways. There's nothing to complain about!" Li Dachui laughed. "Speaking of which, Xiang Ying and I are both winners this time, and you're the only loser!"

Jiang Qian was furious and turned to look at Li Dachui. Li Dachui quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "You've lost now, but you've won in the future! When you achieve Divine Travel and we take Danyang back, won't you be even more triumphant?"

Jiang Qian snorted coldly and said, "Let's go. Xiang Ying is quick on his feet. At this time, his envoys may already be on their way to Ruyin and Yong'an. We can't let them get ahead of us again!"

"They can't outrun us!" Li Dachui said to Jiang Qian with a smile, "You don't mind, do you?"

"Does it matter if I mind?"

"Indeed useless!" Li Dachui laughed and reached out to put his arm around Jiang Qian's waist. In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared from the spot.

(End of this chapter)