"You see? I told you to trust the Oracle. A little more and we were going to freeze to death. "A weary baritone voice pierced the silence of the clearing.
"Idiot! "A second female voice, so graceful that it sounded like the one in the TV commercials, retorted curtly.
Except that Jake and the others couldn't understand a word of their exchange, which sounded both relieved and worried.
Chinese? The trio thought the same thing. And why those two voices sounded so familiar, Jake wondered with a troubled wrinkle in the center of his forehead. Meanwhile, the man and woman inside their home base were still arguing, totally unaware of their presence... or maybe not.
"Why so foolish?" The man who seemed immature objected in frustration. "Thanks to me, we have a roof over our heads, and the Shadow Guide guided me to this place when I wished to find a safe shelter.
SLAP!
For those who didn't figure it out by now, Jake is a petty and vindictive person. He holds grudges. Most of his strategic mistakes come from there and it has little to do with intelligence but with his personality. To change this aspect, he needs to mature.
As for Lu Yan, if Jake hadn't killed her, she would undoubtedly have survived the coliseum fight. In other words, the reason she is "so weak" is precisely because Jake ruined her results in the First Ordeal.