Wu Fei's words resonated with force as he spoke with righteous indignation, fully immersing himself as if he were a steadfast and loyal pillar of the realm, ready to offer remonstration at the cost of his life.
Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan's face involuntarily twisted in anger, and his voice surged as he snapped, "What, by your words, do you mean to say that I should bow down to the six great holy lands? When my father was on the throne, he once stormed the gateways of those very holy lands. Now you want me to bow down? How am I to face my father and the ancestors of my Da Xia in the future?"
"What's more, this time they seek Gu Chen's life. If I yield now, what's to say that next time they won't demand my life? Am I to just meekly submit to execution?"