Nie Li asked why he had not passed the position to Ye Ziyun before.
Ye Zong sighed. Ye Ziyun's talent had not been particularly high before. Even after inheriting the position, reaching Black Gold One-Star or two-star would have been her limit. For a City Lord, that was absolutely unacceptable-nowhere near enough. Without sufficient strength, she would never command everyone's respect.
As the City Lord himself, he knew better than anyone the hardships that came with the position.
Though he held immense power and status, he had been unable to properly care for his wife and daughter. His wife had died of illness, and he could hardly absolve himself of blame. He owed Ye Ziyun far too much as well.
His daughter was gentle by nature, kind and intelligent, but that tender disposition truly did not suit a City Lord.
Yet as the head of the Wind Snow Family, he had never given up on having Ye Ziyun inherit the position of City Lord.
But as a father, he truly did not want his daughter to sink into this mire.
After all, she would be the ruler of an entire city. If she could not learn to be ruthless, she would never understand the darkness of political maneuvering and human nature. Blindly letting her succeed him would only harm her.
Those two things were far, far more terrifying than Demon Beasts.
That was why Ye Zong had been doing everything he could to nurture Ye Han: to keep Ye Ziyun out of the teeth of the storm.
Nie Li pointed it out bluntly. As the eldest legitimate daughter of the Wind Snow Family's head, Ye Ziyun must already have prepared herself. She was too intelligent not to. Ye Zong, on the other hand, wanted to protect her yet treated her