Tang Xiao stood rooted to the spot, his lips moving for a long while, yet he could not force out a single word.
What could he say? That Su Mo was unqualified?
He had just personally declared that he wanted to test whether Su Mo possessed enough Self-Created Soul Skills, and Su Mo had immediately demonstrated them right before his eyes without another word.
The Self-Created Soul Skills he had unleashed one after another were each top-tier soul skills that would make any soul master green with envy.
The final blow had been even more ruthless. He had directly recreated the Clear Sky Sect's closely guarded Great Sumeru Hammer as the Great Sumeru Technique, then claimed that any soul master with a tool martial soul could learn it.
It was a swift and brutal slap to the face.
Tang Xiao's chest heaved violently several times. The muscles on his square face twitched, and veins bulged on his forehead. He had never suffered such humiliation in his life.
The surrounding gazes pierced him like needles.
Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, the soul masters atop the walls, and the townspeople watching from the street—everyone was staring at him, waiting for his response.
At last, he spoke, his voice forced out from deep in his throat. "Sir Su Mo is indeed qualified to establish this academy. But this Great Sumeru Technique is a closely guarded secret purchased with the lives of generations of Clear Sky Sect ancestors. It must never be passed on to outsiders. Where did you steal it from?"
"If you cannot give us an explanation today, then this matter will not end here!"
Tang Xiao simply stopped harping on Su Mo's teaching qualifications and instead accused him of stealing the Clear Sky Sect's secret inheritance.
The moment those words