Chen Changan's words left Qi Wushang and Hou Mubai smiling awkwardly.
However, Chen Changan noticed that Hou Mubai seemed to have something to say, but held it back.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
"Hiding it away doesn't seem like your style."
"What is it? Have you changed completely since leaving the Southern Region?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"Not really."
"I was just wondering if any of the ten Sword Sects we'll be facing have ties to the Hou Family."
The Hou Family!
This was a thorn in Hou Mubai's heart!
"Then do you hope they do, or don't?" Chen Changan asked curiously.
"I don't know."
"But I want to see the expressions on the faces of those so-called experts and geniuses from the Hou Family when they're defeated by someone like me, someone they looked down on and cast aside."
"Maybe I don't need to prove anything to anyone, but I have to make them realize they were wrong!"
"I never thought about getting revenge on the Hou Family or anything, but..."
Hou Mubai's feelings were complicated. He hated the Hou Family, but they had, after all, raised him.
Besides, they had merely disliked him; no one had ever persecuted him.
At first, Hou Mubai's thinking had been simple: make himself stronger and make everyone in the Hou Family regret driving him away.
He had been striving all this time to prove himself.
But after meeting Chen Changan, Chen Changan had told him there was no need to cultivate with the goal of proving anything to anyone. That was a sign of insecurity.
Once he was strong enough, he wouldn't need to go out of his way to prove anything. Everyone would know the answer.
But could he really just let the whole thing