"I told you not to choose Jade Completion. Did you hear me?"
"No."
"Then what else is there for us to say?"
"Back then, when you chose to support Jade Completion, I tried to persuade you with all my heart because I didn't want you to die without a burial ground."
"But you didn't take a single word I said to heart."
"Fine, you didn't listen. Even so, I still did everything I could to look out for you."
"If Jade Completion wanted a good end, he had to enter the Four Brahma Heavens. At the critical moment, I warned all of you."
"But that Emperor Lord of yours was indecisive and missed the greatest opportunity."
"If all this came down to everyone making different choices, then why did you help Jade Completion kill me back then?"
"What had your junior brother ever done to wrong you, Senior Brother, that you personally set a trap to kill me?"
Faced with Pang Tong's questioning, Miao Shan lowered his head.
"Back then, Jade Completion and Chi Ming were locked in a bitter struggle. With you aiding Heyang Heaven, I wasn't confident I could defeat you."
"And this cannot be entirely blamed on me. I invited you several times back then."
"If you invited me, did I have to go?"
"Then why didn't you come when I invited you to Heyang Heaven?!"
Pang Tong's voice rose several degrees.
"That's right, the process by which Chi Ming inherited the Heavenly Emperor's mantle was indeed somewhat unclear."
"But don't forget, my name is Pang Tong. Both Chi Ming and I bear the surname Pang."
"What was I supposed to do in the face of something like that?"
"Besides, were there few shady things throughout the Four Brahma Three Realms?"
"Why did you insist on targeting