Just as Fang Xuan's palms began to sweat, an old man in gray robes descended from the sky.
"Elder Mo Bin!"
Fang Xuan's eyes lit up when he saw who had arrived.
"Why are you all blocking Reach the Summit's entrance instead of cultivating?"
Hearing Mo Bin's question, Ye Qiong loudly recounted what had happened. Appealing to emotion and reason, he accused Tang Yan at length, speaking from the perspective of the Azure Dragon Academy's greater good.
Only after listening calmly to the end did Mo Bin's voice ring out. "The moment you first stepped through the Azure Dragon Academy's gates, the academy promised you all that it would always be your staunchest support!
"The Azure Dragon Academy will protect every student! If a threat from someone were enough to make the academy hand over a student, I don't think that would be the academy any of you wanted to see!"
Seeing Mo Bin step forward to smooth things over, Fang Xuan and the others were just about to breathe a sigh of relief when Ye Qiong interrupted. "Elder Mo Bin, how are we supposed to cultivate from now on?
"Must every student in the Azure Dragon Academy risk retaliation just because of Tang Yan alone?
"Although I don't think the academy's decision is wrong, if one person prevents everyone from going out to train, that's unfair to every student!
"I hope Tang Yan will step forward of his own accord instead of hiding like a turtle with its head tucked into its shell!"
"Hand over Tang Yan!"
"Hand over Tang Yan! Hand over Tang Yan!"
Ye Qiong's words once again drew a chorus of agreement.
Looking at everyone's indignant faces, Mo Bin felt somewhat powerless.
In the distance, Xiao Cangshan was about to step forward and say a few