"Bold!"
"You little brat, how dare you insult our lord!"
"I'm willing to cook this brat for our lord!"
"..."
All the officers and soldiers under Huang Kai were enraged. Their curses and roars rang out without end.
Huang Kai was also burning with anger, though his curiosity was even stronger. On the one hand, he hadn't expected his fine reputation to have spread so far. On the other, Xu Yi's words—"Hearing of you is better than meeting you; meeting you is worse than hearing of you"—had truly stung.
He couldn't wait to find Xu Yi and demand an explanation. What gave him the right to say that?
"Everyone, shut up!"
Huang Kai barked, and the noisy hall fell silent at once.
He pointed at Xu Yi from afar. "You needn't try to fool me with big talk. If you can't explain yourself clearly, I'll make you regret ever being born. Speak, then. How am I not worthy of my reputation?"
Xu Yi spoke loudly. "I've long heard that Brother Huang is a man of refined taste and noble bearing, one who stands apart from the crowd. I have a question for you: what do you think of the monsters under your command devouring people?"
Huang Kai sneered. "I thought you had some special argument, but it turns out you're no different from those pedantic scholars. Monsters eating people is no different from wolves eating sheep. It's simply the strong preying on the weak. What is there to debate?" As he spoke, his gaze at Xu Yi grew murderous.
If Xu Yi gave even one unsatisfactory answer, Huang Kai would never give him another chance to prattle.
Just then, Xu Yi laughed aloud again. The vast hall was utterly silent, with only his laughter echoing through it.
Seeing that Huang