Ultragene Warlord

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Heijie Niu ’s eyes widened.
”Lord of Renhuang, you ’re willing to help the seventh prince? ”

The ninth prince shook.

Zhang Lie chuckled coldly.
”Given what I ’ve learned, if I really wanted to help one of the princes ascend to the throne, do you think I would choose the seventh prince? ”

”In that case, what do you want, Lord of Renhuang? ”

”There ’s no need for you to worry about that.
Tell the Heijie of my intentions. ”

”I understand, Lord. ”

Heijie Niu knew that Zhang Lie ’s help would be of tremendous utility to the clan.
If the seventh prince had the chance to become the king of the realm, Zhang Lie might help them out in return for some benefits; on the other hand, if the seventh prince were to threaten the ninth, Zhang Lie might kill the seventh prince and all his supporters.

Zhang Lie had the strength to meddle in this game of kings.
Whereas the weak had to be chosen, the strong had the right and might to choose.

Zhang Lie turned around.
”Let ’s go. ”

The ninth prince hesitated.
”As for him… ”

Zhang Lie waved a hand.
”If he dies to a genetic lifeform, it ’ll be his own bad luck. ”

As they headed off, Zhang Lie noticed that the ninth prince seemed to want to say something, but was visibly holding back.
He turned around impatiently.
”What ’s the matter? Spit it out! ”

”Master, the man called you…
lord of Renhuang? ”

”Yes, yes, I built a kingdom or two and ruled over a huge tract of land.
It ’s nothing too impressive. ”

The ninth prince ’s mouth spasmed.
”In that case, Master, are you planning to head back to that kingdom? ”

”No, ” Zhang Lie replied curtly.
”I ’ve already left, and I can ’t return, not that I have any intention to. ”

”Why not? Wasn ’t it a kingdom you built with sweat and tears? ”

With sweat and tears? It really hadn ’t been anything too strenuous—constructing his farm had been rather a slog, but the rewards were well worth it.
”Once you climb to the peak and witness your surroundings, you ’ll understand how I feel and why I ’ve made the choices I ’ve made. ”

The ninth prince lowered his head.
”Yes, Master. ”

To be able to construct a kingdom was something countless men spent their entire lives working fruitlessly towards, but Zhang Lie had written it off as though it were a meaningless accomplishment.

He simply couldn ’t understand how Zhang Lie could give that kingdom up so easily, but he wouldn ’t press the matter further.

The ninth prince ’s behavior was very satisfactory to Zhang Lie; he was truly assimilating to his identity now.

Beforehand, the ninth prince had been formal and courteous, but only because he had a request to make of Zhang Lie.
Now, he was truly treating Zhang Lie like his master and senior.

Perhaps it was because he had learned that Zhang Lie himself was once a king, or because he had learned from Zhang Lie ’s conversation with Heijie Niu that Zhang Lie had no intention to betray him for another prince.

Zhang Lie continued calmly, ”Before you ascend to the peak of that mountain, you won ’t understand my feelings.
To me, a mountain is just a mountain.
After climbing one mountain, you set your sights on another.
Our lives are filled with mountain after mountain, and there ’s no need to be too fixated on any one of them.
Of course, these are just my thoughts.
You can agree or disagree with them at your leisure. ”

The ninth prince nodded.

Zhang Lie jumped up on White, while the ninth prince got on Whiter.

The ninth prince continued hesitantly, ”Master, there ’s still something that bothers me.
Why choose me, and not any of my other siblings? ”

Zhang Lie had rejected the seventh prince ’s offer immediately, but was the scrap of tattered parchment the ninth prince had given him really worth that much?

The ninth prince thought that someone like Zhang Lie could easily have discarded him for another prince, vastly increasing his own chances at acquiring the primordial starflower.
So why had he chosen the ninth prince, the prince least likely to take the throne? Zhang Lie had the qualification to work with any of the princes, after all…