Dai Mubai desperately wanted to curse Yu Yuanzhen out. He felt that if his light wave had pierced through Yu Tianxin's lightning, Yu Yuanzhen would surely have stepped in to stop him and then accused Dai Mubai of picking a fight. He was not wrong to think so. Yu Yuanzhen indeed had such intentions, and favoritism toward one's own was extremely common among the major sects and factions.
However, not only did Dai Mubai lack political talent, he also had little desire to delve deeply into politics himself. As a result, the deepest and most complex relationship he could understand was merely brotherhood and loyalty. Thus, at most, he could only interpret Yu Yuanzhen's actions as deliberate favoritism. Asking him to think further—to consider why people found him irritating or whether there might be other reasons—was harder than reaching the heavens!
"Since Grace Hall finds me, Dai Mubai, so bothersome, I'll return today and pay another visit some other day." Dai Mubai was not a complete fool. Befriending Grace Hall was a task Dai Tianfeng had given him, and he could not directly fall out with Grace Hall. This was something closely tied to his very life.
"Zhuqing, help me back!" Dai Mubai turned around and, supported by Zhu Zhuqing, weakly made his way back.
"Mubai, won't this make the gap between us and Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun grow even wider?" Zhu Zhuqing asked as she supported Dai Mubai. She was deeply worried that today's incident would cause their mission to fail.
"Zhuqing, don't worry about that. Over the past few days, I've gotten quite familiar with that guard. He shouldn't have lied to us. That means Dai Weisi and the others never got to see Grace Hall's Hall Master either, which means they're making the same progress as