Elder Gong was naturally irritable, and that wasn't even the worst of it.
The worst part was that Han Bing was dead, and he had no idea how to explain it to Demon Lord Han. After all, he had been the one plotting behind Han Bing's back. Now that Han Bing was gone, even he couldn't believe he had no responsibility.
Now he even found himself envying Huang Qi. That fellow had known how to avoid trouble, making Young Master Han unhappy early on and refusing to get entangled with him. Instead, he had kept his distance and avoided this disaster.
Just as he was at a loss over how to deal with Demon Lord Han, an order came down from Demon Lord Xie. He was to notify the Golden Hall Elders, the Middle Executive Elder, and the commanders of every guard to return to Gongtian Hall for another meeting.
Xu Yi was nowhere to be found. When Gong sent a message using his seal, the fellow seemed to deliberately ignore it, making him all the more flustered and irritated.
If he became a laughingstock over this, he, Gong, simply wouldn't know how to keep getting by in the Ancestral Court.
At his command, the entire Hall of Choosing the Day was sent scrambling like wolves and pigs. A few dozen breaths later, the two hall masters, one principal and one deputy, hurried back and gave him the latest news: Elder Xu was already at Gongtian Hall.
As soon as the meeting began, Elder Gong was the first to attack. "If we're going to start from the beginning and go through the whole chain of events, Elder Xu is responsible for four-tenths of it, while Han Bing should bear the other six-tenths. Now that Han Bing is dead, Elder