"Inside information?"
Xu Xiaoshou keenly caught a whiff of something amiss.
He had long suspected that someone as powerful as Ba Zunan could not possibly have been so easily cut down by Hua Changdeng in three strikes.
Back when he had heard the legends, he had found them hard to believe.
But Mei Suren said the same. He confirmed the legends were true, yet skipped over the middle of the story, only mentioning the final result—You Tu had charged up Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain.
What did Ba Zunan's fight with Hua Changdeng have to do with old master You Tu?
And even if Ba Zunan had truly been slain, Hua Changdeng should have been the one to avenge, right?
How had it ended with the previous Hall Master of the Holy Spirit Hall being targeted? Besides, Xu Xiaoshou felt that if it had been a fair duel—
If Ba Zunan had been inferior in skill and lost, then so be it. You Tu should not have stooped so low as to bully the young with his seniority, right?
So...
"During that decisive battle, what did the previous Hall Master of the Holy Spirit Hall do?" Xu Xiaoshou leaned forward and asked.
Mei Suren smiled without speaking, sidestepping the question. "Aren't you quite familiar with him? Why not ask the person involved yourself? This old man is merely an unrelated bystander."
Xu Xiaoshou: "..."
Naturally, he knew that the "him" in Mr. Siren's words referred to Ba Zunan.
His identity as a Saint Slave was no longer a secret before the old Sword Immortal.
By the looks of it, Mr. Siren did not seem particularly opposed to the Saint Slave's stance?
Or rather, judging by how Mei Suren had wanted to step in and help that night but had been unable to,