“Quickly stand up, what are you doing?” Gu Lingzhi hurriedly held onto Qi Mengjia, wanting to pull her up. But Qi Mengjia continued to kneel on the ground.

Not only that, Chen Dong and the others behind him also knelt down on the ground and cried repeatedly, “Little Chancellor, please save us!”

Upon seeing Gu Lingzhi heading towards Chen Dong and the others to pull them up, Rong Yuan frowned and held onto Gu Lingzhi, “What exactly happened?”

Chen Dong and the rest looked at each other. Finally, it was Qi Mengjia who stood up and spoke, “Little Chancellor, this was what happened. We did not say the truth when you rescued us. Actually, we did not flee from the Burnt City after it was invaded. We were used by our Chancellor as baits to lure the beasts and had escaped from there!”

After saying this, Qi Mengjia could not help but to cover her face and wept bitterly, “The Chancellor is practically inhuman. He resented us for having little fighting strength and deliberately lied to us by promising to take us away. In reality, he used us as baits to divert the attention of the beasts. When we encountered the beasts, he...