"Thank you, Hero Yan, for saving our lives!"
Everyone but Li Ping'an bowed down to Yan Chixia, expressing their gratitude.
"Enough, get up, all of you."
Yan Chixia gestured dismissively, as if it was nothing.
The talkative Yiye Zhiqiu clasped his hands together and inquired:
"Hero Yan, why didn't you take advantage of the victory and kill the State Preceptor to rid the people of this menace?"
"I have the same question."
Xiao Wangba and others also expressed their confusion.
"All you think about is fighting and killing. If I were to fully engage in a duel with him, it would be no small affair, and the area within a ten-li radius would not be spared. In such a case, you would all surely be implicated. That's why we both stepped back, allowing the matter to end there."
Yiye Zhiqiu continued to press:
"Surely you're being modest, senior. It was clear that you had the upper hand."
Yan Chixia shook his head helplessly and explained:
