Therefore, it could be seen from Wang Menglin’s narrative.

Back then, the bet between Su Youguo and Liangsuke Masaki was only that if Liangsuke Masaki won, Su Youguo would surrender, and if Su Youguo won, the bandits would delay their attack by three days.

Don’t underestimate these three short days. Although three days wasn’t enough to travel to any part of the world, even in ancient times where traffic was lagging behind, three short days was enough to call for reinforcements from the surrounding cities, let alone in an era when technology had already risen to its peak.

Moreover, Su Youguo back then could be considered one of the most famous figures in China’s Ability World. That Liangsuke Masaki was also the most talented person in Island country’s Ability World.

The two of them had agreed to compete. Although many people were unable to attend the compet.i.tion, they were still famous for a while, causing many people to be eager for the outcome of the compet.i.tion.

Even though Wan Changqing hadn’t told Wang Menglin about these things, there was a clear record in Night watchman’s archives about the World of the Adepts. That was why she was able to relay it to Lan Xing at this moment.

“However, Su Youguo lost that year …”

Just as Lan Xing was fascinated by this, Wang Menglin sighed softly and suddenly said this.

For a moment, Lan Xing was naturally stunned. He was filled with disbelief and said, “Did my master lose?”

These days, under the influence of that overwhelming divine drama, everyone would subconsciously feel that those bandits were all stupid and lacking in intelligence. As the guardians, they would definitely not lose to those invaders.

Even if there were a few footage of a runaway falling to the ground, no one would feel anything. Everyone would only substitute themselves for the main character who would turn around when they saw a bullet. They felt that if it was them, they would definitely be invincible. Every bullet could blow a head off, and it was the kind of bullet clip that would never be empty.

It has to be said that when everyone has a sense of superiority as the protagonist sometimes is a very sad thing.

As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the more painful your fall will be.

When people find out one day that they are not the protagonist, they will definitely be filled with a strong sense of loss because of the huge gap in their hearts.

Just like in high school, the spirited teenagers were finally smoothed out by life.

Who would want to have their edges smoothed? It was just that everyone had learned to comfort themselves and say that they had no choice but to lower their heads in front of reality.

Under Lan Xing’s disbelief, Wang Menglin sighed helplessly, “After all, Su Youguo has no need to win.”

Lan Xing was anxious, “What do you mean, my master doesn’t have to win?”

Afterwards, Wang Menglin slowly recalled the story from back then.

Only then did Lan Xing slowly realize that the city that Su Youguo had led the troops to guard back then definitely wouldn’t have any reinforcements.

Not to mention three days, even for three months, Su Youguo would not be able to bring in any other helpers.

The reason was very simple. At the beginning of Zhengzhi’s war, everyone who had studied history knew that the idea of preserving strength had been pursued in the early days. Most of the large forces would use the banner of strategic retreat.

Therefore, besides Su Youguo, there were no defenders near that city. Even if they won against Liangsuke Masaki and obtained three days of time, it would still have no effect on the situation.

However, he couldn’t say that there was no point in winning.

After all, it was good for the soldiers under Su You’s command or for the citizens of the city at that time. In the end, they had an extra three days of lifespan, didn’t they?

Moreover, if he could defeat Island country, who was known as Liangsuke Masaki’s most talented person, in front of everyone, then for Su Youguo, his goal would be achieved. Even if he died, he would die well.

Therefore, Wang Menglin said that Su You Congress had lost because she felt that there was no need to win. It was very inaccurate.

However, Wang Menglin didn’t know why Su Youguo had lost. After all, apart from the bandits, the only people who had witnessed the battle were Su Youguo and Wan Changqing …

The two of them didn’t mention anything about the past. Naturally, other people didn’t know about the process. Thus, the people who were looking forward to this battle naturally only knew about one outcome.

What Wang Menglin knew more than anyone else was that Wan Changqing was accepted as a disciple by Su Youguo at that time.

Therefore, in Wang Menglin’s explanation, Lan Xing knew that after Su Youguo’s match with Liangsuke Masaki ended in failure, Su Youguo naturally did not fulfill the bet. The bandits knew of Su Youguo and the others’ determination, so they immediately launched an attack.

Someone might say that it was too shameless to go back on one’s word after clearly agreeing to make a bet with someone else.

But even if he was honest and trustworthy, he still had to depend on the timing, didn’t he?

There is no absolute right or wrong in this world.

It’s like you and another guy are being held hostage by terrorists.

The terrorist wants to bet with you that if you win, he will let you go, and if he wins, he will let you kill another hostage.

If he were to say something like this, I won’t gamble. If he wanted to extort the hearts of those people, he would probably have to burrow a bullet into his head in the next moment.

In the end, you lost. Choose honesty and trustworthiness?

Talking about virtue, kindness, and beauty with friends, fighting against enemies, this was what China had always inherited-complaining with straightforward methods, repaying kindness with kindness.

What kind of gentlemanly shit is that?

In the end, Wang Menglin could not describe the tragic battle back then with words. She only said that as long as one of Su Youguo’s soldiers was still alive, the city would not be destroyed.

With thousands of people, they only relied on the broken city walls to hold back the tens of thousands of bandits for half a month.

However, after the bandits had captured that city, their tens of thousands of people had suffered heavy losses in the face of the Thousand Titans, so they did the massacre in order to vent their anger.

The entire city was littered with corpses, and a thick smell of blood could be smelled several months away.

At this point in the story, Lan Xing couldn’t help but interrupt Wang Menglin and hurriedly ask, “Then what happened to my master?”

Wang Menglin sighed and shook her head helplessly. You You said, “I don’t know. The information recorded in the file says that Su Youguo died long ago. If it weren’t for his sudden appearance, everyone would have thought that he was already dead.”

Lan Xing hurriedly asked, “I don’t know? But you clearly said that my master and my eldest senior brother left where they were alive.”

Wang Menglin smiled bitterly and said, “Chang Qing was only twelve or thirteen years old at that time. While he was guarding the city of Su Youguo, he became his apprentice. Chang Qing accidentally told me that it was his master who buried him in the pile of dead people and then diverted the bandits by himself that allowed him to escape. He even thought that his master was dead at that time.”