For Sect Master Bian to say that, he must have regretted it himself.
He truly did regret it. He had never expected this. Before now, if anyone had said someone from Mount Wukang could take first place, not a soul would have believed it, even if their entire sect were slaughtered.
Now something he could never have dreamed of had happened. How was he supposed to execute Shi Chun?
It was not that he could not execute him, but he certainly could not do it now.
If he killed the winner after the results were announced, when Regional Lord Wei Mo had just expressed his appreciation for the man right in front of him, what message would that send?
Surely he could not assassinate him? Executing Shi Chun and the others was meant to give all parties an explanation. What damned explanation could an assassination provide?
Now his son knew Shi Chun coveted the woman he loved, while he himself could not kill Shi Chun for the time being. He had effectively detonated his own family's conflict ahead of time. What was he to do? His head ached too.
Yin Huixin said through gritted teeth, "Will you only be satisfied once you've driven your son mad? He's desperate to come to the Royal Capital!"
Bian Jixiong naturally knew that. To stop his son from coming to the Royal Capital, he had ordered him confined.
He did not want to discuss that now and brushed her off. "I'll handle it."
Yin Huixin demanded angrily, "How?"
Faced with this tangle of family and sect affairs, Elder Ke sighed inwardly. There was little he could say.
Bian Jixiong did not want to argue with her in front of an outsider. He addressed Elder Ke again. "Senior Brother Ke, I'll leave things here in