"The Four Fiends of Mist Mountain didn't go there to plunder the mine. They went to kill Song Wenxuan. His group had stolen the Four Fiends' spirit herbs, and Senior Brother Liu let them shelter in the mine... When the Four Fiends came, Xu Yang watched from the sidelines, letting them kill Senior Brother Liu, Song Wenxuan, and the others before leaving."
He Song did not give Liu Qingyuan a full, blow-by-blow account of what he had learned.
"He even got Wenxuan killed!" Liu Qingyuan's fury burned hotter after hearing this.
Although Xu Yang had not killed them himself, there was hardly any difference. Had Xu Yang helped, how could Liu Xunjiang have died at the hands of the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain?
"That little bastard clearly held a grudge over my helping Li Chuyang back then. That's why he stood by and watched the Four Fiends kill Xunjiang. He deserves to die!" Liu Qingyuan was consumed by grief and fury.
He completely disregarded the fact that Xu Yang had warned Liu Xunjiang, nor did he care whether Xu Yang might also have been killed by the Four Fiends had he intervened.
All he knew was that Xu Yang, as the expert stationed at the mine, had watched his nephew be killed by the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain.
"Master, should I file a complaint with the Disciplinary Hall and have them bring him back? They could charge him with dereliction of duty and disregarding the bonds between fellow disciples," He Song asked.
Liu Qingyuan shook his head. "That little bastard is shrewd. He's handled everything so flawlessly that not a drop of water could leak through. It would be useless."
Though furious, he still had a clear head.
Had Xu Yang been an ordinary disciple, Liu Qingyuan's position