"So that was it!"
Yan Hui nodded, a look of sudden realization on his face.
"You're not angry?"
Seeing his expression, as though he was neither particularly surprised nor angered, Nie Yun found it strange.
"Angry? Why should I be angry?" Yan Hui blinked.
"Uh..." Seeing that he did not seem to be pretending, Nie Yun was puzzled.
They had prepared for countless years solely to revive this corpse, yet now it had been seized by an enemy. How could he possibly not be angry?
"Ashoka King has always wanted to kill me, wishing nothing more than to see me dead. You are his subordinates, and I'm standing right in front of you now. I took the result of all your preparations—could it be... you have no intention of attacking?"
From his previous encounters with Yan Hui and the many commanders, Nie Yun could tell that they were not people who feared death. They should not have refrained from acting out of fear of his clone and Jingxin. Rather, they truly bore no hostility... What exactly was going on?
"His Majesty has always wanted to kill you?" Commander Yan Hui gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "You misunderstand. If His Majesty truly wanted to kill you, he would never have allowed you to grow to this point. He would have slain you long ago!"
"This..."
Nie Yun froze.
Though he did not wish to admit it, deep down he knew it was indeed true.
Now that he possessed a King-Sealing clone, he understood how terrifying King-Sealing Experts were. When he had first offended Ashoka King, he had merely been a Half-step Ruler. If the other party had truly wanted to act, a single thought would have been enough. There was no way he would have been allowed to