Li Zhiyuan understood Xiong Shan's meaning and asked:

"Are you all leaving?"

Xiong Shan nodded: "Otherwise?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Things here are somewhat different from what you initially expected. I saw some things in the Banquet Hall that I can share with you."

Xiong Shan showed a struggle on his face.

Li Zhiyuan: "What's wrong, you don't even want to listen?"

Xiong Shan: "I'm afraid that after listening, I can't leave. I have a feeling that you all want me to stay."

Li Zhiyuan straightforwardly said: "I want to resolve the matters here, so I need manpower."

Lihua: "This is no longer related to us. Once we leave here, he'll light the lamp, and then our remaining years together will only be raising our son and avenging the second and third."

Xiong Shan: "Yes, that's right, I've already decided this. Young brother, I advise you not to meddle in unnecessary affairs. You should know that every bite and sip has its fate, not every matter needs intervention. Some things are fated to happen."

After speaking, Xiong Shan and Lihua prepared to climb up with their child.

The eunuchs and maids had all returned to the palace, the Banquet Hall was empty, and they could return to the lake surface by jumping down from the waterfall.

Li Zhiyuan watched their backs and said: "Every bite and sip has its fate, aren't you curious about how the second and third died?"

Xiong Shan abruptly stopped and turned to Li Zhiyuan: "What do you mean by that?"

Lihua was more direct, questioning: "Do you know how the second and third were captured?"

Li Zhiyuan shook his head: "I don't know."

Xiong Shan pointed at Li Zhiyuan: "Young brother, you shouldn't use the second and third against me."

Run Sheng and Lin Shuyou immediately stood up.

Tan Wenbin pushed Xiong Shan's hand away and asked: "Three favors can't get you to talk properly, huh?"

Xiong Shan took a deep breath, withdrew his hand, and clenched his fist.

Li Zhiyuan wasn't offended or angry, because he wanted them to stay and fight for this matter.

However, what he was about to say wasn't to deceive them, but his true suspicion from the heart.

Li Zhiyuan: "Xiong Shan, since you're walking the Jianghu, I'll ask you something. Lighting the lamp a second time means admitting defeat and quitting the Jianghu, right?"

Xiong Shan: "Of course, this is a well-known rule in Jianghu."

Li Zhiyuan: "Jianghu is so reasonable, when encountering small waves, just cross them, even when a big wave is right in front, even in the wave, just light the lamp a second time, and all danger dissipates invisibly?"

Xiong Shan was silent.

He came from a rough path, many things he understood through self-realization, but the young man was indeed making sense; the river water never indulges in sentiment.

Li Zhiyuan: "If that's how it works, it would cause chaos. Although everyone has only one chance to walk the Jianghu in their life, wouldn't everyone choose the easy path?"

Just like that White Crane Child.

Even he couldn't stand the Child's picky behavior, preparing to take action, would Heavenly Dao really let it be?

Lihua pulled her husband's arm, signaling him to speak.

Xiong Shan calmed his wife and looked at Li Zhiyuan, his tone softened a bit, and asked: "Are you sure about what you're saying?"

"Not sure. That's why I'm asking you, how did the second and third die?"

"How would I know."

"If it's really as you said, just letting the second and third keep watch, could they really flip the car so easily?"

"That's what I don't understand either, I don't believe those two families could easily take down the second and third, and both of them as well."

Li Zhiyuan: "I'm thinking the same."

Through contact with Lihua, Li Zhiyuan could feel the quality of Xiong Shan's team. Even though Lihua carried a child, her disguise, arrangement, and reaction were almost flawless.

Then the second and third would likely be even more outstanding than Lihua.

Xiong Shan: "You're saying that because I want to light the lamp and admit defeat, the river water started punishing me? But when the second and third were captured, I was here trying to seal the General, I was so close to succeeding!"

"So, can you listen to what I've discovered here now?"

"Speak on." Xiong Shan sat down, "I'll listen."

Lihua, seeing this, could only sit down holding her child.

Li Zhiyuan narrated the truth he had figured out.

The longer the people present listened, the more intense the shock on their faces became.

Tan Wenbin: "The ancestors of Old Heavenly Gate really could achieve such things."

Run Sheng: "Hero."

Xiong Shan's face turned grim, he couldn't believe it: "So if I had succeeded in sealing the General, it would have prematurely triggered this disaster?"

Li Zhiyuan: "When I was sitting there with the straw man, the General saw through my disguise, so your near success was probably deliberate by the General."

Xiong Shan's breathing became rapid, cold sweat seeped from his forehead: "Did I misunderstand the river water's intent?"

Li Zhiyuan: "And there's more."

Xiong Shan's body began to tremble, this hero from the rough, at this moment, truly felt afraid.

Only those who had lit the lamp and experienced the river knew the fear of being controlled and guided by the river water.

"I not only almost messed things up, but was thinking of immediately withdrawing..."

The benefits from walking the Jianghu were well known to Xiong Shan, otherwise, he wouldn't risk danger and bring his son along.

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