Everyone's gaze converged on Mo Yao. Like most of them, his hair hung loose and disheveled, his clothes had been burned to rags, and charred wounds covered his body. Soaking in the water had turned the edges of those wounds pale.
Wei Huangan sneered. "Mo Yao, you old scoundrel, you really are grass atop a wall, bending whichever way the wind blows. The moment a new group arrives, you turn your coat. Who was it that just apologized to Void Sage Fang and denied being a Rebel Species? Now that you've learned the Ancient Demon Clan has a way to escape the Crime Hall and can kill Fang Yun, you're no longer afraid of a Void Sage?"
Embarrassment flashed across Mo Yao's face, followed by hesitation. "I was merely stating a fact. It has nothing to do with respect. I still respect Void Sage Fang, but that respect cannot make me lie."
Lian Pingchao said, "Grand Academician Mo is right. I respect Void Sage Fang in my heart, but I am deeply disappointed in him. As a Void Sage, he was captured along with the rest of us. Beyond lamenting that, might this suggest that there is something questionable about how Fang Yun became a Void Sage?"
"Brother Pingchao, that is going too far. Even if we stand against the Sacred Academy, we must not question a Void Sage! We can only say that he is a genuine Void Sage, but his strength does not measure up to his position!" Mo Yao said.
"I stand corrected. An excellent insight, Brother Mo!" Lian Pingchao immediately agreed.
Yun Zhaochен glared at him. "Pingchao, I have tolerated you all along only because of our many years of friendship and because we ventured into the Dragon City Ruins together. Now that we are all