But just at that moment, when everyone from Myriad Thunder Valley felt the outcome had already been decided, True Person Leixiao's words sent them all plunging into the abyss.
"Xiao Hua..." True Person Leixiao asked, "I recall that during the Dao Sword Great Battle, you received a Sect Leader's Special Pardon Order issued by the Sect Leader?"
"Ah? Yes!" Xiao Hua was taken aback, not understanding.
"You still have it with you?" True Person Leixiao asked kindly.
"I do..." As Xiao Hua spoke, he unhesitatingly took out the Sect Leader's Special Pardon Order.
"Good!" At the sight of the pardon order, True Person Leixiao's heart settled. He called out loudly, "I share Fairy Xuanhua's opinion: Xiao Hua should immediately undergo a soul search and be executed according to sect law! However, since Xiao Hua possesses a Sect Leader's Special Pardon Order, no matter how grave his crime, as long as it is not the utterly unforgivable crime of betraying the sect, this order can spare him from death! Therefore, I propose that Xiao Hua be stripped of his status as a Thunder Control Sect disciple and expelled from Qiong Lei Peak at once!"
"What??" Not only was Xiao Hua stunned, but every Palace Lord and Hall Master in the Great Thunder Hall was dumbfounded as well! No one had expected that... at the very end, just as they were about to impose a lighter sentence on Xiao Hua, True Person Leixiao of Zhen Thunder Palace, who had been protecting Xiao Hua all along, would actually push him out and propose expelling him from the Thunder Control Sect!
"Senior..." Xiao Hua gave a bitter smile. With True Person Leixiao switching sides, the balance had become five against three. There was absolutely no possibility of turning the tide again.
"Xiao Hua~" True