Seeing Meng Fei step forward, Deputy Hall Master Xu, seated in front of the hall behind him, watched quietly. He neither stopped him nor spoke, yet his gaze remained fixed on Zhang Xiaohua, deeply contemplative.
An ordinary disciple from Tianmu Peak's Herb Division, supposedly grievously injured, had still made it to Baiyue Peak and silently entered this hidden little courtyard without even Deputy Hall Master Xu noticing. Could this still be as he had previously judged?
Deputy Hall Master Xu seemed to understand something. Perhaps he had underestimated the tall, thin young man before him. Could someone who had escaped the beast tide in You Lan Grand Canyon be an ordinary person? Perhaps Lu Lihong had indeed failed to see the beast tide.
Yet Deputy Hall Master Xu remained firmly seated on his fishing platform. The more outstanding Zhang Xiaohua proved himself to be, the more it confirmed that his own conjecture was correct, and the greater the value of dragging Zhang Xiaohua out into the open. As for Deputy Hall Master Xu's confidence, did that even need saying? He merely watched quietly, without so much as furrowing his brow.
When Qiangshi saw Zhang Xiaohua enter, he was initially alarmed. Once Meng Fei rushed forward, his expression calmed somewhat. Then, stealing a glance at Deputy Hall Master Xu's composure, he felt reassured. Seeing Meng Fei's bowl-sized fist smash toward Zhang Xiaohua, excitement unconsciously flashed in his eyes.
Zhang Xiaohua was furious as well. Seeing Meng Fei's fist smash toward his face, he did not dodge. He merely stared into Meng Fei's savage face and said word by word, "You killed Bai Huan. I will kill you too!"
Meng Fei froze slightly, apparently not expecting Zhang Xiaohua to know that he had killed Bai Huan. But mockery immediately flickered in his