Yue Gui nodded. "Chen Jiang is right. This is why I asked you to stay."
He took a sip of tea and said, "The steward Xu Yang offended is named Xiao Hua. He's petty and narrow-minded. Xu Yang embarrassed him at the Task Hall, and that's why he's being targeted.
"Before Xu Yang had even achieved qi refining into gang, Xiao Hua assigned him a mission meant for disciples who had.
"Given how petty Xiao Hua is, you'd better consider whether continuing our alliance with Xu Yang will drag us into this."
A petty, vindictive steward!
Qin Ze, Liu Qian, and Chen Jiang all grew serious.
Even if the person targeting Xu Yang had been an inner sect disciple, they would not have cared much.
However high an inner sect disciple's standing was, he had no real authority in the outer sect and could not order anyone around.
An outer sect steward was different. His job was to oversee outer sect disciples.
And Xiao Hua was not just any outer sect steward. He served in a place as important as the Task Hall. Even if he did not literally hold the power of life and death, he came close.
"Why would Xu Yang embarrass a steward?" Qin Ze asked with a frown.
Naturally, he did not want to dissolve the alliance if it could be maintained. If word got out that they had immediately drawn a line between themselves and Xu Yang just because he had offended someone, it would hardly earn them a good reputation.
If they wanted to cooperate with anyone in the future, no one would trust their word.
Yue Gui shook his head. "I don't know exactly what happened, but Xu Yang is indeed being targeted, and there's a strong chance we'll be implicated too. A