Choo Qing was expected to seek out the people of Illuminating Sun Mountain, after all, they were being pursued and unable to retaliate, and surviving was their only option.
However, according to Yiyi, things were not going well on the side of the Surreptitious Palace; they were at a disadvantage in their confrontation with Illuminating Sun Mountain.
This puzzled Lu Ye, as he had been continually entangling the people of Fenghua Courtyard and had killed many of them. Logically, the Surreptitious Palace only needed to deal with Illuminating Sun Mountain, since the manpower and strength of the two sides were roughly equal. Why then was Illuminating Sun Mountain gaining the upper hand?
Previously, in the valley, Jik Yan from the Surreptitious Palace had tried to win him over, but he had refused. At that time, he felt it was better to operate alone rather than cooperate with unfamiliar people and follow others' orders.