Nie Li said outright that Ye Zong had shut Ye Ziyun away in this courtyard, leaving her to live cut off from the world without a single friend. That hardly made him a competent father.
He unleashed his ultimate attack right in his face.
Ye Ziyun, however, contradicted Nie Li.
He was her father. Of course she would defend him.
As the City Lord of Glory City, Ye Zong was bound to be responsible for it. Every decision he made affected the safety of its millions of inhabitants, and he had to handle all sorts of city affairs every day. That was why he never had time for his daughter.
Not going to him unprompted was her way of being considerate.
That was also why she had always worked hard at cultivating, striving to become a powerful Demon Spirit Master sooner so she could share her father's burdens.
In the past, however hard she cultivated, her progress had been slow. That had changed thanks to Nie Li. He had given her a top-tier Cultivation Art and Cultivation Pills, and even her Demon Spirit had come from him.
With everything supplied at the highest specs, how could her cultivation not advance quickly?
Nie Li knew she did not want to continue, so he took the initiative to interrupt her.
Whatever else might be said, Ye Zong was Ye Ziyun's father and the City Lord of Glory City. He was also, beyond a shadow of a doubt, Nie Li's future father-in-law. Judging him so casually was hardly fair, and inappropriate besides.
So, for Ye Ziyun's sake, he would not hold it against Ye Zong for injuring him earlier.
Ye Zong, who had been hiding behind a tree the whole time, immediately bristled.
*This little bastard sneaked into my daughter's room shirtless, and