"Remember that man? If you get a chance during the Second Dragon Ascension, cripple him for me." Fang Xinghai's voice was icy.
Li Yunzhou looked startled.
He had seen Fang Xinghai and Xu Yang chatting and laughing earlier and assumed they were on good terms. Yet the moment Fang Xinghai turned away, he was asking Li Yunzhou to cripple Xu Yang if the opportunity arose.
"Do you have a grudge against him, Manager Fang?" Li Yunzhou asked carefully.
Xu Yang was a disciple of the Violet Sun Gate, after all. Crippling him could hardly come without trouble. These sects had existed for centuries, and several of their senior disciples were at the Heavenly Strategy Academy. If those people stepped forward on his behalf, Li Yunzhou would have a problem.
Although the Coldwater Gate also had senior disciples at the Heavenly Strategy Academy, this was the sort of trouble best avoided.
Even Huo Xiaochेन had only declared that he would stop Xu Yang from completing his Dragon Ascension, not cripple him.
Failing the Dragon Ascension and being crippled outright were two different things.
Fang Xinghai narrowed his eyes. "A grudge? You could say that. He's a disciple of the Violet Sun Gate in Fufeng Commandery. One of our shopkeepers at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion thought highly of him and wanted to recruit him as a guest official. Later, when we investigated his background, we discovered he had a feud with Li Lingdu's son, Li Chuyang, so I canceled his Dragon Ascension sponsorship.
"I thought that without the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's support, his talent wouldn't allow him to break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm this soon. Who knew the boy would exceed my expectations..."
He said no more, but Li Yunzhou understood.
If Xu Yang never made it beyond Fufeng Commandery,