Good heavens! Yang Shan had thought that, under the living target of being ranked first among the Eight Clans, the Xiao Clan's new generation had handed the task of drawing hatred to Xiao Kuang.
After all, there were plenty of arrogant youngsters, but those who were arrogant beyond all bounds while having absolutely no self-awareness seemed to exist only at Xiao Kuang's level.
He had not expected another expert! From the current situation, Huo Zhi, Yao Ling, and Yao Xingji—
Three prodigies of the Ancient Eight Clans, and Xiao Ding had grudges with two of them! This meant—
Xiao Ding was still lacking! He was not scheming enough! A true Old Schemer would never make enemies!
Because the other party would not even know who had schemed against them.
Take Yang Shan, for example. Most people who knew Yang Shan had schemed against them had already checked in with AI Nüwa.
The small number still alive were leeks Yang Shan had deliberately left behind.
There was only one exception: Han Feng.
Yang Shan dearly wanted to kill Han Feng, but he had never found a suitable opportunity.
So, judging from the results, Xiao Ding's methods still fell far short of Yang Shan's.
Yet Yang Shan stubbornly and firmly believed that Xiao Ding had failed to clean up after himself because the people he had plotted against all had formidable backgrounds and outstanding abilities, making them far more difficult to deal with! Before obtaining complete intelligence, raising one's estimation of an opponent's abilities as high as possible was the core principle behind why Yang Shan so rarely stumbled!
The reason it was "rarely" rather than "never" was Huo Zhi!
What that girl had just done fell into that "rarely" category! Although the process had been disrupted, Yang Shan felt he could