Zhou Yong froze, completely forgetting his promotion to shopkeeper as towering waves of shock surged through his heart.
The Myriad Treasures Pavilion was punishing Tao Huaijin for Xu Yang to see.
He had never imagined that, after Xu Yang successfully achieved Dragon Ascension, even old incidents would be dragged out for a reckoning.
Tao Huaijin had merely stood by and watched. The order to make Xu Yang reconcile with Li Chuyang had come from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's Headquarters, and Fang Xinghai had only gone along with it. Afterward, Headquarters had never mentioned Xu Yang's matter again.
Yet now, Headquarters was dredging up the past and punishing Tao Huaijin. Xu Yang must have done something significant in Cloud Province City, something that had left even the Myriad Treasures Pavilion unable to sit still, forcing it to make a gesture for him to see.
"What? Do you have objections to the Pavilion Master's decision?"
Seeing Tao Huaijin and Zhou Yong standing there dumbstruck, Zhou Wei looked displeased.
"We wouldn't dare. We will, of course, obey the Pavilion Head's orders." Tao Huaijin and Zhou Yong hurriedly cupped their hands.
"Third Uncle, what exactly did Xu Yang do in Cloud Province City? Why are they settling old scores now?" Zhou Yong approached with a smile.
Zhou Wei was none other than Zhou Yong's third uncle.
Like the Tao Family, the Zhou Family had quite a few members in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion. That was why, even as a mere clerk, he normally dared to joke with Tao Huaijin.
Zhou Wei glanced at Tao Huaijin and said, "What did he do? During the Second Dragon Ascension selection, he killed Li Yunzhou, the genius ranked fifty-second on the Cloud Ascension Rankings whom our Myriad Treasures Pavilion had recruited. Then he joined forces with Sun Tao