Xiao Hua had been burning with rage and intended to vent it on Tongzhu Imperial Academy. Had this old man attacked the moment he arrived, Xiao Hua would never have shown mercy. Even if he did not take the old man's life, he would certainly make him pay dearly. Though his cultivation was no longer what it had once been, he still had several means at his disposal; dealing with this old man should have been effortless.
However, the old Confucian cultivator did not strike directly. Even with the Academy's gate tower destroyed, he restrained his anger and wished to get to the bottom of the matter. Of course, setting aside right and wrong for the moment, that attitude and bearing alone slightly eased Xiao Hua's fury.
"Heh heh..." Xiao Hua sneered. "Isn't Tongzhu Kingdom your Tongzhu Imperial Academy's domain? Since it was one of your Academy's students who committed evil, can the government office of Tongzhu Kingdom uphold justice for a lone and helpless Daoist sect disciple?"
"Whether it will uphold justice, this old man does not know!" The old man's expression did not relax in the slightest as he spoke word by word. "But this old man knows that if everyone were like you, treating laws and rules as nothing and acting recklessly, what would become of the world? Would it become a place where the strong bully the weak, where people are moved by wealth to evil, where no one knows whether they will survive until tomorrow? Hmph, this old man nearly forgot. You are a Daoist sect disciple, so naturally you understand nothing of laws and rules. You only know to act as you please and disregard all conventions."
"What you say is indeed reasonable, and this Xiao also wishes to abide by the law." Even