Nangong Elder nodded, his face etched with grief. "It's all my fault. Elder Rong and I arrived too late."
Ling Xiao thought, 'If they truly have three or more Sword Sect experts, it would have been useless even if you had been by His Majesty the King's side the whole time!'
"I can't take this child," Ling Xiao said after a moment of thought.
Huangpu Yue had at first only seen the child's pitiful crying, and her maternal instincts urged her to hold and comfort him. But when she saw Ling Xiao refuse, she instantly grasped the heart of the issue. 'I wouldn't dare take this child either,' she thought. 'While it might mean immense honor, it's also... immense trouble!'
