"Our organization... has probably never been hostile toward him, right?" Qian Chou said as he crouched there. "As I recall, you've always only wanted to recruit him."
"He made the Star Road Method public, promoted the Great Void Mystic Canon, and within the limits of his ability, gave more people fairer opportunities to cultivate... Of course we bear him no hostility." Sun Yin had his back pressed to the doorpost and the back of his head against the frame. "But sometimes, your lack of hostility toward him doesn't mean he bears none toward you. And at Jiang Wang's level, 'hostility' itself is not what determines whether someone is an enemy."
Zhao Zi said softly, "Judging by Jiang Wang's life experiences, he is far too much like the person we seek—far too suited to be one walking the same road as us. Many of our members feel a kinship of shared affliction with him, and we repeatedly extended invitations to him—but in truth, he went down a road completely different from ours."
Sun Yin sighed. "Different roads are the most fundamental reason of all."
Hostility could be dispelled, resentment could fade, and even hatred might one day be resolved. Only the road beneath one's feet was different. When two roads intersected, only one side could keep moving forward... Those who had come this far could not betray their own road.
"People change. At the very least, his existence is not bad for this world as things stand." Qian Chou spoke indifferently. "All the things we did in the Central Regions before don't compare to that one battle of his in Tianjing City. Killing six True Persons in Tianjing City had a far greater impact on the Jing Kingdom than we anticipated."
Sun Yin said, "Some people in the Jing Kingdom hate