Could Pang Yi have been telling the truth? If this brat really was an expert secretly groomed by the Heavenly Demon Hall, then what did that make me? The more Chao Jue thought about it, the more fearful he became.
He owed his current standing to being the strongest expert among the Heavenly Demon Hall's younger generation, with a chance to contend for the position of Hall Master. Even though a vast gulf still separated his strength from Pang Yi's, as long as he held that status, his standing would not change too much.
If this Huang lad really was what Pang Yi claimed, then he would be nothing.
Thinking of how this brat had suddenly appeared, with his mysterious origins and such profound mastery of the Heavenly Demon Skill, it really was quite possible that some expert in the Heavenly Demon Hall had secretly trained him, or that several of them had done so together.
Peng Ku could clearly sense the changes in Chao Jue's aura beside him. He could feel that Chao Jue's aura had become somewhat erratic. Clearly, Pang Yi's words had unsettled him.
Never mind Chao Jue, who was directly involved-even Peng Ku's heart had pounded with alarm upon hearing Pang Yi say it so bluntly.
It was not as though the thought had never crossed his mind. He simply had no evidence, so he could only bury it deep inside, not daring to breathe a word of it to anyone else.
Peng Ku knew that Chao Jue must have had the same thought, but before this, he had surely been deliberately avoiding that possibility, refusing to think about it. Now that Pang Yi had laid it bare, how could Chao Jue feel any better?
"Young Master Chao, don't let your thoughts run wild. Pang Yi