Ning Chen told them the whole of it!

Pan Yucheng and the rest were stunned when they had heard it out.

So it was not only the Nanyue State Preceptor's insult to Yudie that had put murder in Ning Chen's heart... Ning Chen had decided to kill the man the moment he laid eyes on him.

Feng Qizheng asked, puzzled, "Then why not finish off Kang Luo while you were at it?"

Ning Chen looked at him, lost for words. "The man the Gaoli Kingdom fears most is still Kang Luo. With Kang Luo alive, the pressure on them doubles.

And Kang Luo is the most important piece of my whole plan. Only if he's convinced the Gaoli Kingdom and my Great Xuan are already allies, and goes mad for revenge, will the Gaoli Kingdom bow its head to my Great Xuan like a good little vassal."

And there was the most important point of all. If Kang Luo died, the god of war of Great Xuan would not be worth nearly so much.

A man had to have a few rivals near his own measure, or there was nothing to show how much he mattered.

Kang Luo was worth more to him alive.

Tantai Qingyue looked at Ning Chen, and her expression was hard to read. These people scheme too deep. Xiliang lost to him, and it was no injustice.

Pan Yucheng said, "So the Gaoli Kingdom has only one road left now. Bowing to the Great Xuan as a vassal."

Ning Chen shook his head. "There's one more road. And that's... making me a prisoner."

That startled all of them!

Ning Chen laughed. "Don't worry. I've bluffed them so hard their heads are spinning. It won't occur to them for now... and even if it does, there's no need to worry. They don't have the nerve."

Pan Yucheng frowned, worried. "And if they go over the wall like a cornered dog and make you a prisoner after all?"

"Then all of you can stay in the Gaoli Kingdom with me as hostages."

Everyone: "..."

Ning Chen laughed. "Relax.…