Duan Ting, sensing what Yang Qing was thinking, took over from Liu Ying and explained,
"Yes, ordinarily, we'd avoid the Azure Sapphire Mountain Kingdom because of its instability. But ironically, that same chaos makes it one of the best routes for us to take.
The turmoil there acts like a controlled fire—it keeps larger, more unpredictable wildfires at bay. Because the region's disorder is so well-known, most people avoid it entirely, which means fewer unknown variables for us to deal with compared to other parts of the continent.
It also helps that we've built a long-standing relationship with one of the nobles there.
