Self-Blame, Guilt 

Frankly, this city was worthy of being called a traditional Tier-1 Great Country even amongst the Five Big Vassal Countries. Even if it was small and remote, the city's prosperity was sufficient enough to rival many of the large or medium-sized cities in Nan Xia Country.

 

Once they entered Ling Xi City, Ling Chuxi eagerly stopped passersby to ask about the whereabouts of Rejuvenation Valley. But she only got a series of the same answer—"I don't know."

 

Thus, Ling Chuxi became even more anxious and stopped a few more passersby to ask yet again. But alas, their answers were all still the same. Each one of them replied with, "I don't know."