"Huo Xiaochेन is certainly a problem, but as long as the Young Marquis is still around, would he dare attack him? Wouldn't the Marquis's Residence send experts to help Jiang Fan?" Bai Shaoling demanded angrily.
He naturally knew that Huo Xiaochेन intended to intercept Xu Yang, but as long as they tied themselves to Jiang Fan, none of that would be a problem.
Besides, Huo Xiaochेन was not the Iron Sword Gate's only disciple. There were others. If he dared target people from the Violet Sun Gate, and they could do nothing to him, surely they could still deal with the Iron Sword Gate's other disciples.
With both sides wary of each other, Huo Xiaochेन would not dare go too far.
The sect had considered everything when it asked him to arrange this gathering. The only thing it had not anticipated was that the person they were supposed to look after would become the one disrupting it.
Zhang Hanzhou frowned slightly. "The Marquis's Residence is a sensitive matter. Wouldn't joining forces with Jiang Fan amount to taking its side?"
He did not want to join forces with Jiang Fan either, but out of regard for Jiang Fan's status, he did not dare say it as bluntly as he had to Xu Yang.
Bai Shaoling sneered. "Taking the Marquis's Residence's side? You think far too highly of yourself. Unless you become a disciple of the Heavenly Strategy Academy, you wouldn't even qualify to take its side."
He had not even entered the Heavenly Strategy Academy, yet he was already considering what would happen afterward.
Bai Shaoling finally understood what sort of person Zhang Hanzhou was: he wanted all the benefits without shouldering the slightest risk.
Joining forces with Jiang Fan meant taking the Marquis's Residence's side? First, he would have to