Zong Ganyu remained composed, but Lei Ao sprang to his feet and glared at Yun Luo.
"Elder Yun Luo, this is far too overbearing! Saint Zong is still alive, and it has not even been thirty years since our Lei Family rendered great service to the Human Race. Yet you dare throw stones at us while we are down in a well!"
"Which family's Grand Academician is speaking so insolently and insulting Saint Zong?" Yun Luo looked down at Lei Ao with cold indifference.
Lei Ao trembled slightly. The man before him was the most unreasonable elder of the Ritual Hall, while he was merely the Lei Family's patriarch, whose position was far from secure.
One was a Great Scholar, the other a Grand Academician. It seemed to be a difference of only one Literary Rank, but the actual gulf was greater than that between a Licentiate and a Metropolitan Graduate.
The elders of the Sacred Academy stood above ordinary Great Scholars as well.
And Yun Luo himself belonged to the Cloud Sage Family.
Apart from those few old fellows in the Lei Family, even its younger Great Scholars had to take the initiative to salute Yun Luo, let alone a Grand Academician like Lei Ao.
"I ask only for justice!" Lei Ao said, fierce on the outside but weak within.
"Justice for your Lei Family, or justice for our Human Race?" Wu Jiu demanded.
Lei Ao was helpless. He had no confidence to speak before the Ritual Hall's elders, so he could only turn to Zong Ganyu, a formidable man who had once slain two Great Demon Kings single-handedly.
Everyone else looked at Zong Ganyu as well.
A moment later, Zong Ganyu gave a light cough and said, "I hear Void Sage Fang intends to visit the Bloodmang Ancient