Elder Fan refused to back down either. He glared at Lei Protector like a fighting cock and said in a low voice, "Did I ever say I didn't want her? I just can't stand how you try to lure every good thing you see into your Artifact Pavilion. What gives you the right?"
"Listen, Fan, you're a distinguished Innate expert, yet you won't keep your word? Going back on what you said? Watch out, or you'll develop an inner demon!" Lei Protector cursed viciously.
"Don't trouble yourself over my inner demons. Your Artifact Pavilion is just a bunch of blacksmiths. How could you be more reliable than our Fengyun Clan at nurturing Martial Dao geniuses? Stop leading the girl astray. What would a young lady look like swinging a hammer?" Elder Fan mocked mercilessly.
"Who said joining the Artifact Pavilion means she has to forge artifacts? What's wrong with how we nurture Martial Dao geniuses? Want to have a bout with me?" Lei Protector demanded furiously.
"Let's have a bout, then!" Elder Fan met him head-on, looking ready to break into a fight.
Watching the two argue, Tang Yan felt black lines cover his forehead. He hurriedly intervened, "Enough, enough. First, tell us what Dao's True Qi is!"
"Young Master Tang, let me tell you, I was the first to discover Dongxue's potential. This old fellow is just butting in!" Even as Tang Yan held him back, Lei Protector kept babbling.
Tang Yan inwardly went mad. Had words stopped working? Lin Dongxue hadn't even said whether she was willing. There wasn't even the first stroke of the character yet, and these two were already fighting over her.
"Senior, what is Dao's True Qi?" Lin Dongxue blinked her large eyes at Lei Protector.
Lei Protector had just been locked in a