"What happened next after the seven palace realm experts showed up?" Yang Qing asked, his focus, though not explicitly stated, being on how exactly the Xia clan had survived against such a lineup.
Given the timeframe of the attack and Xia Fang's age, it had happened before her time. The fact that she was here, alive and well, meant her clan had managed to endure despite the overwhelming odds.
Yang Qing couldn't help but wonder what trump card they had used.
It was one thing to wield a monarch-grade treasure against a single palace realm expert—it was another to use it against seven and still live to tell the tale.
Clearly, the Xia clan had something that allowed them to survive that impossible situation. Xia Fang's very presence was proof of it. Yang Qing had no doubt that, given the three retainer clans' decision to betray the Xia clan, they would have seen it through to the end—eliminating the entire clan to prevent future retaliation.
