Everyone present understood this, but no one brought it up.
Zhang Yuanrang could have blamed Yuan Tian, and he had every right to do so. Yet he did not. Instead, he urged Yuan Tian to leave.
"If Senior Xu Tong comes back, he'll definitely need someone to help him get things done. I'm already doomed to die. Keeping you alive would be more useful to him."
Zhang Yuanrang looked into Yuan Tian's eyes as he tried to persuade him.
But he had already repeated this argument many times, and he knew perfectly well that it would never work.
Sure enough, Yuan Tian shot back, "Senior Xu Tong told me to serve under you. That makes you my king."
"If the king dies, there's no meaning in his soldiers surviving. Keeping you alive is more useful than keeping me alive."
As he finished speaking, another emotion seemed to enter Yuan Tian's eyes-a trace of admiration.
Then he spoke with pointed emphasis. "Zhang Yuanrang, I heard about your abilities back in the Royal City. A man who could whip an entire city into a storm and steal the heavens to replace the sun would fall in this tiny Azure City?"
"Are you really unable to deal with the Yuan Family, or are you determined to die?"
Zhang Yuanrang fell silent.
That told Yuan Tian his guess had been right.
Zhang Yuanrang really did have a death wish.
"Haven't you thought about your daughter? If the Yuan Family attacks, none of us will be able to protect her!"
Yuan Tian spoke furiously, but to his surprise, Zhang Yuanrang shook his head.
"That won't happen. I've already arranged an escape route for you."
This time, it was Yuan Tian's turn to freeze.
An escape route? He had only been saying that, never expecting Zhang