"You admire him?" Niu Youdao stared at her. "If you truly admire him, how could you stand by and watch him die? Why don't you go save him yourself?"
That joke was a little too big. Going beneath the Nine Saints' very noses to snatch away their prey—Yun Ji would have to be tired of living. She casually replied, "If you're not afraid, you can try."
Niu Youdao gave a snort. It was only a snort; some words could only be angry words. If he truly let Yun Ji snatch the man away, then before long, a whole group of people here would likely be taken away, waiting for Yun Ji to rescue them.
That was also what angered and troubled Niu Youdao. He did not want to sit by and watch Yuan Gang die, yet he could not bring a fatal disaster upon a whole group of people. The Nine Saints' power was simply too immense, their deterrence more than strong enough. As he was now, he had no qualifications whatsoever to contend against them.
The Nine Saints would not even need to act. A single word from them would be enough to make all the forces under his banner collapse. Jinzhou, Guang Prefecture, and the like would turn their guns around without hesitation and join in besieging Southern Prefecture. Would Gong Lince's Purple Gold Cave dare step forward to support him?
In truth, he also knew that Yun Ji's admiration carried another meaning. It was not that she thought Yuan Gang had done the right thing; she simply meant that Yuan Gang was bold.
And Yun Ji and Guan Fangyi truly did admire Yuan Gang's audacity. To them, it was a kind of boldness beyond imagination.
Guan Fangyi especially had once hated Yuan Gang most for being fierce