At one spot beside the beach, more than five hundred people had gathered. Every face was grim, without a trace of a smile.
"Everyone should put the greater good first. We must not fight among ourselves now."
"The greater good? If we truly sacrificed ourselves for the greater good, we would have no complaints or regrets. But did your Zong and Lei Families have no selfish motives? Even if you did, we could still sacrifice ourselves for the greater good. Yet not only did you give us nothing in return, you directly forced several of us to charge into the Typhoon Wall, ending our crossing of the Sea of Learning early! If I leave empty-handed today, do not blame me for turning against the Zong and Lei Families!"
"How dare you! I am a member of the Zong Family, and my crossing of the Sea of Learning ended early too! Have I uttered a single complaint?"
"Heh, Brother Zong, others might not have seen it, but I saw it with my own eyes. You were greedy! While charging into the Typhoon Wall, you spotted a middle-grade peerless Literary Heart Fish and strayed slightly from the formation. That was why the wind and waves overturned your boat! We were forced into it by Lei Mo and Zong Chengbing!"
"Oh? Brother Xue, are you saying that if the Zong-Lei Fleet loses, you intend to make trouble for our two families?"
Grand Academician Xue said, "How would I dare make trouble for the Zong and Lei Families? It is simply that I will slowly reclaim the justice I have been denied!"
"If you dare say another word, you can forget about receiving a literary heart even if the Zong-Lei Fleet wins!"
"Do you think everyone under heaven fears your Zong and Lei Families?