The clan elders exchanged glances, all sensing something amiss in Gu Yuan's tone. After all, however much the clan leader favored Xiao Yan, he should not have been this furious after the deaths of two Gu Clan Black Annihilation Army Commanders. His anger was clearly directed at the elders for tacitly allowing the younger clansmen to leave the realm, rather than at Xiao Yan for killing them.
Just what means did Xiao Yan possess to bewitch the clan leader into favoring him so much?!
But regardless, they had caused a great disaster this time. That Gu Clan Elder's face was also dark as he lowered his head in silence.
"Speak!" Gu Yuan barked.
He slammed the table, and a terrifying pressure swept out, enveloping everyone present. Several elders with lower cultivation, at the Four- or Five-Star Dou Sheng level, turned especially pale.
"He provoked us first..."
The elder gritted his teeth and spoke coldly.
"He said the Gu Clan seized the Xiao Clan's assets back then. Yang Hao and Lin Xiu were merely explaining on the Gu Clan's behalf, yet he killed them without distinguishing right from wrong. I even went to some trouble to scrape together resources for Gu Zhen to deliver to that brat, as a small token of compensation for what the Gu Clan did back then..."
"..."
At this, even Gu Yuan's imposing aura abruptly faltered.
The Gu Clan had indeed been at fault, but what happened back then was a tangled account. The Gu Clan had also seized the opportunity to rise. If they truly had to return every last bit, principal and interest, it would shake the clan's very foundations.
More importantly, just how much malice did that brat harbor toward the Gu Clan? His attitude was crucial right now.
Gu Yuan withdrew his