You could tell that Jiu Xiu Grand Scholar still deeply resented the Five Elements Academy for what it had done recently. He could just about grit his teeth and put up with the Five Elements Academy shirking its duties while opposing the Surface World, then making a fortune off the war.
But it couldn't drag its feet on the Surface World battlefield while cozying up to the Titan Academy in the inner world. That was a complete betrayal of the friendship the two academies had shared since ancient times, and a grave insult to everyone in the Taiyi Academy.
Actually, Jiu Xiu Grand Scholar had arrived a while ago. At first, he hadn't rushed to show himself. He'd deliberately stayed hidden, wanting to see how Bronze Coconut would receive Shuijing Grand Scholar.
He'd wanted to assess Bronze Coconut and observe Shuijing Grand Scholar's intentions.
Bronze Coconut had received the visitor with neither deference nor hostility, though his manner had been somewhat cool and discourteous. In the past, Jiu Xiu Grand Scholar would certainly have thought Bronze Coconut had handled things poorly.
But given the relationship between the two academies now, it was perfectly normal for Bronze Coconut to be unfriendly to an envoy from the Five Elements Academy, even to snap back at him. In fact, it was exactly what Jiu Xiu Grand Scholar wanted to see.
He thought Bronze Coconut hadn't put a foot wrong. That was exactly how they should treat the turncoats from the Five Elements Academy.
At that moment, Jiu Xiu Grand Scholar was openly berating the Five Elements Academy for making a pact with a tiger. He wasn't being polite in the slightest.
You can do it, but I can't say it? Since when did the Taiyi Academy need to mince words? The fact that