Kublai Khan exclaimed, "So this is the Yamen Divine Sword!"
He naturally knew the truth. Whether from Adams or from A'shu's reports, he had learned what had really happened at Yamen.
It had to be said that he, who had never really believed in the existence of Gods and trusted only in the blade in his hand, had already been shaken to the core.
The Song people had been driven to the brink of extinction, only for a divine sword to descend from the heavens at Yamen and enable them to launch a counterattack from certain defeat. If that was not Heaven's mandate, then what was?
The reason Kublai Khan had not publicly denied or acknowledged the sword was that the Song people's attitude was exceedingly strange. Instead of taking advantage of the momentum to counterattack, they had concealed the divine sword and claimed that everything had been caused by a tsunami.
He both feared and yearned for that sword. Now that he knew it was in Adams's hands, he was so shocked that he nearly leaped to his feet. Everything made sense now. The Song people's divine sword had been taken, so naturally they would not dare mention it. Otherwise, would that not mean that Heaven's mandate had been seized? That a divine artifact had changed hands?
Kublai Khan settled himself down and said, "Are you trying to threaten me with this sword?"
Adams shook his head. "If I wanted to threaten you, I would have said so already. Why would I waste two months talking nonsense with you?"
"Then you intend to help me?" Kublai Khan asked.
"Not that either..."
Kublai Khan found it strange. If Adams was neither helping him nor helping the Song, could it really be because of the events in that story?
Moreover, judging