Seeing Xu Lingyin take sides again, blatantly favoring Zhang Yuan, Meng Xuan was so furious that smoke all but poured from his seven orifices. His entire body trembled.
Damn it!
Who exactly was this man to Xu Lingyin, that she would go this far for him?!
This time, Meng Xuan did not swallow his anger. He spoke forcefully:
"As our Mysterious Court Dao Maiden, Senior Sister Xu should put the Mysterious Court's interests first. Yet you're favoring an outsider so blatantly. Do you really think we can't see it?!"
"I know this man may have some friendship with Senior Sister Xu, but when the Mysterious Court's interests are at stake, how can you behave this way? Senior Brother Fei, Senior Brother Wang, Junior Brother Kong, Junior Sister Ye, would you say my words are reasonable?"
Fei Ting said, "Dao Maiden Xu, Junior Brother Meng is absolutely right. These texts are no trifling matter and ought to be reported to the Immortal Lords. Until then, not only should he not read them, even we should refrain."
"That is only proper."
"Actually, there's no harm in us taking a look before the Immortal Lords arrive. The real issue is this outsider..."
Fei Ting and the others Meng Xuan had called on nodded repeatedly, fully agreeing with his words. They truly felt Xu Lingyin had gone too far in taking sides.
Anyone who didn't know better would think you two were Dao Companions. No, even Dao Companions shouldn't behave like this when fundamental rights and wrongs are at stake.
Ye Xiangning, never one to mind a spectacle growing bigger, rolled her eyes and poured oil onto the fire. "Senior Sister Xu, are you having a fling with Zhang Yuan? Zhang Yuan, you clearly said I was your one and only best friend in