Chapter 1485
Upon hearing Shangguan Xian's words.
Shangguan Xiong Ba narrowed his eyes slightly for a long while.
"Smashing the jar now that it's broken," he snorted coldly.
He replied, "Whether you are expelled or confined, that is not for you to decide.
Nor is it for me to decide.
The lineage elders must convene and deliberate before deciding your fate."
Shangguan Xiong Ba looked at Shangguan Xian. There was not the slightest pity in his eyes, only coldness.
In his view, Shangguan Xian had brought everything to this point upon herself.
Even though, as a father, she was his daughter.
Shangguan Xiong Ba understood that he was first the clan leader, and only then a father.
In a great lineage such as the Shangguan Family, the rules were strict, no less so than in some Major Powers.
The bonds of family affection were instead much fainter.
Shangguan Xiong Ba walked step by step toward Shangguan Xian.
In everyone's eyes, the outcome had already been decided.
Though the Purple Cloud Sage wished to protect her, the three gray-robed men desperately held him back at the cost of their lives.
They gave him no chance to approach.
"What a fine melon to feast on—this is truly lively," a laugh came from the side just then.
There was no need to think about it; the laughter had come from Xu Zimo.
Shangguan Xiong Ba's steps halted as he slowly turned to look at Xu Zimo.
"Xu Zimo?" he asked tentatively.
"Looks like you know me," Xu Zimo said.
The two had never met, yet the other had immediately called out his name. That meant he knew him quite well.
"I heard that an extraordinary monster had emerged from the Chaos Fire Domain.
He defeated Xiao Anshan, so I know a little," Shangguan