To everyone else, Feng Xue's apology felt...
Like a lofty empress suddenly apologizing to a servant who attended her.
Moreover, she had used respectful language, her attitude full of self-reproach, as though she had done something wrong.
It was at that very moment.
Luo Zhong suddenly realized that he seemed to have gotten something wrong.
Perhaps this man...
Wasn't just Feng Xue's male consort, wasn't just a pretty boy?
Was that why she was so angry?
Whatever this Master Xiao's background was.
Luo Zhong knew that the situation had taken an unexpected turn.
And from her tone, Luo Zhong could sense it.
This Master Xiao's strength might very well... surpass hers.
Before Luo Zhong could think it through, Xiao Yu had already stood up.
"If that's the case, there's nothing else I can do."
"If even you can't beat him, I'll have to act myself."
Xiao Yu sighed.
He had been avoiding taking action himself, trying all along to settle this through other means.
Precisely because he feared losing merit.
But now that things had come to this, he had no other option.
If even Feng Xue couldn't win, he had to act.
Fortunately, after working it out, he figured that acting now shouldn't cost him any merit, provided he didn't kill anyone.
"Master Xiao, I'm sorry!"
Feng Xue apologized again, full of self-reproach.
Although she held a high position, that didn't mean she wielded that much actual power.
There was nothing she could do.
Xiao Yu shook his head and smiled. "It's fine. There shouldn't be any problem with me acting now."
Feng Xue was rather puzzled, not understanding what Xiao Yu meant.
But Xiao Yu couldn't be bothered to explain.
In fact, after watching for so long, he was itching to have a go himself.
Mental power at