"I never thought you liked to joke too, Brother Chu! Hahaha!" Wei Yidao laughed.
But as he laughed, his laughter stopped, for he saw that Chu Fanyin's expression had grown somewhat solemn and that he was staring intently at him.
"You're not joking?" Wei Yidao asked, somewhat uncertain.
"I'm serious," Chu Fanyin said gravely.
Wei Yidao stared at Chu Fanyin for a good while before saying, "This isn't something you can decide alone."
"That's right. This matter really isn't that simple, and I can't decide it alone. I have the final say in the affairs of the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, but a matter this important goes beyond the hall itself. It concerns the interests of our entire Ten Thousand Demons Hall Lineage, and I'll have to seek instructions from the senior elders who have entered the inner hall. Still, I think I should be able to persuade them. At the very least, I'll do everything I can to persuade them."
"Why? I really don't understand why you're doing this!" Wei Yidao asked.
"It's simple. I don't want anyone from the God-Burying Hall People to rise to power. If one of their people rises to power again, their strength will become even harder for anyone to counterbalance, and our two halls will have to stand even farther to the side. Neither of us, nor even the seniors of our two halls, wants that," Chu Fanyin said. "Besides, Huang Xiao also knows the Ten Thousand Demons Skill. If I said he had ties to our Ten Thousand Demons Hall, could you deny it?"
"Naturally, I don't want to see that outcome. Huang Xiao knows the Ten Thousand Demons Skill, but the Hall Master probably taught him that. He still focuses on the Heavenly Demon Skill. How could he count as one