Yue King Eight Swords (III)

"Yan Ri?"

Lü Buwei lowered his eyes and murmured the name.

As the leader of the Yue King Eight Swords,

Yan Ri had always been exceptionally strong.

Moreover, since this concerned the inheritance of the Yue King Eight Swords, Lü Buwei had no authority to interfere.

Perhaps in the beginning, the Yan Ri Sword had belonged to Web of Nets.

But as time passed,

the Yan Ri Sword had become a family heirloom.

There was nothing he could do about that.

By the time he took over Web of Nets, Yan Ri's inheritance system had already become this chaotic. Besides, as had been mentioned before, Yan Ri had already forged a new path before Lü Buwei took over Web of Nets and had developed extremely deep ties with the Qin Kingdom. Even he found it inconvenient to command or deploy Yan Ri.

If Yan Ri truly mobilized his family's power,

he could act on behalf of the military in certain matters.

The significance of that representation was self-evident.

In other words, under certain circumstances, what Yan Ri said could represent the Qin Kingdom's stance, including but not limited to declaring war on the other six states.

But for Yan Ri to move against him—

that made no sense, emotionally or logically.

Yan Ri's identity determined that the struggle between them was extraordinarily complicated.

Yan Ri was like a nail,

driven into Web of Nets,

vaguely keeping Lü Buwei in check.

Behind it lay a clash between imperial power and ministerial power.

If Yan Ri took the initiative, it could only mean one thing: Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, could no longer sit still and intended to wage all-out war against him, openly and in secret.

But was that possible?

Obviously not!

Ying Zheng's current strength was still far too