Si Ning knew that Qiu Bai had branded him as an ambitious person and that was who Si Ning was but the only mistake Qiu Bai made was thinking Si Ning wanted a whole large army to wage war so he would be able to sit at the top of all Generals, break free from Xiu Zhicheng and have a life filled with riches and marry the Princess of Xilie. Qiu Bai was right about him wanting the riches and sitting on top of all Generals especially finally getting to beat Shao Lang but if he was going to obtain it through seeing deaths and stepping over corpses at war then he doesn't want it.
"A smart man will choose Xilie and a devoted man will choose Xiu." Qiu Bai said as he tapped his cup.
"...." A vein almost popped from Si Ning's head that he had to pause his lips to avoid snapping at Qiu Bai for his roundabout way of talking.
