"But, Xuan Zi..."
"Didn't Dai Huabin bring this on himself?"
Beside him, unlike Mu En, who had fallen silent, Yan Shaozhe wore a subdued expression, but soon could not help speaking up.
"Brought it on himself? Yan Shaozhe, how could you say something so cold-blooded!"
Hearing Yan Shaozhe's words, Xuan Zi's eyes widened as he stared at the man before him in disbelief, as though he no longer recognized him.
Was this still that obedient, well-behaved junior?
Yan Shaozhe...
Have you spent so long around Chu Ge that you've gone mad along with him?
Have you even forgotten how to respect your teachers and honor their teachings?
"Dai Huabin was a member of the Dai Family."
"Given the relationship between Shrek Academy and the Dai Family, was it really appropriate for him to kill someone so casually?"
"Don't you think so?"
Xuan Zi looked at him coldly as he spoke.
He had always thought well of the Dai Family.
Besides, that lad Dai Hao had once been his student, one of his proudest pupils. After his own disciple died, he had found himself thinking of Dai Hao all the more.
Dai Hao's family.
He would protect them!
"Our relationship with the Dai Family?"
"Yes, it's true that our ties go back ten thousand years, but Chu Ge's relationship with Shrek is no less substantial. His next step is to become an elder of our Sea God Pavilion."
"When one of our own does something, to act like this without even knowing what actually happened..."
"Xuan Zi, do you really think that's right?"
Yan Shaozhe spoke bluntly, his expression impassive.
So what if it was the Dai Family? Anyone who did wrong had to pay the price. Chu Ge had the ability to enforce that, and he had every right to