"Ancestor Tian Ce, this Heavenly Tomb Trial was held specifically to target the Gu Clan. How could you not know?"
On the Ninth Layer of Heavenly Strategy Manor, in Heaven Beyond.
The moment those words left his mouth, Xiao Yan's heart turned cold.
He was no fool. He could hear the indifference in Xiao Tian Ce's words. More importantly, he could sense Xiao Tian Ce's disgust toward him.
Yes, disgust.
Although he had seen no explicit sign of it, his sixth sense told him that Xiao Tian Ce disliked him. Compared to how Xiao Tian Ce had treated him before, the difference was now as vast as heaven and earth.
In the seat of honor, Xiao Tian Ce's expression remained calm. He did not consider Xiao Yan a fool. In fact, the fellow was quite clever, as he could tell from the way Xiao Yan kept avoiding his eyes.
But he did not care. So what if Xiao Yan sensed it?
And so what if he did not? To Xiao Tian Ce, the moment Xiao Yan stopped putting the Xiao Clan's interests first, he, as someone who had benefited from the clan, had forfeited his right to enjoy any more of its resources.
Or rather, if Xiao Tian Ce had not been the Xiao Clan's former Clan Chief and current First Grand Supreme Elder, but merely an ordinary clan member, he might not have held anything against Xiao Yan.
Unfortunately, he was no ordinary clan member. Nor did he need to dance around matters with Xiao Yan anymore. Once he eliminated the potential threats to the Xiao Clan, he could head to the Great Thousand World with peace of mind and pursue what he wanted.
There was one thing Xiao Tian Ce had not lied about: for more than a