"But we didn't delay or mess up our duties," Bai Qi argued.
Mr. Hei nodded. "Exactly. So our failure to return probably seems 'normal' to King Yan. In other words, the Underworld might not even know that the Yellow Spring Road was stolen. Bei Mingyuan set up a fake life-and-death cycle system as a substitute, and it's gone undiscovered to this day."
Bai Qi's mouth fell open into an "O" shape, and it took him a long moment to close it. His face was a mixture of admiration, frustration, and annoyance as he said, "So that's really the most likely possibility?"
"It's not just a strong possibility. It's a fact," Mr. Hei said with conviction.
"If Bei Mingyuan stole the Yellow Spring Road just to raise those wooden soldiers, why now? Why not sooner, or later?" Bai Qi asked, confused.
