"Huang Xiao, this old man has no time to trade words with you. Let me ask you this: what do you have to say about Zuo Jiayi?" Yao Renwu asked, his expression dark.
"Oh, so that's what this is about. Right, Zuo Jiayi was a junior disciple under you, Elder Yao. No wonder you came." A look of realization appeared on Huang Xiao's face.
Yao Renwu merely stared coldly at Huang Xiao, watching him play the fool without saying a word.
After giving a hollow laugh, Huang Xiao stopped the act and said solemnly, "Elder Yao, rather than asking whether I understand this matter, you should understand it yourself. Why bother asking?"
"Even if Zuo Jiayi was at fault, his offense did not warrant death. The hall's rules cannot tolerate you wantonly killing a fellow member!" Yao Renwu said.
"Ha!" Huang Xiao sneered. "Elder Yao, don't try to frighten me with the hall's rules. Zuo Jiayi defied his superior and even attacked me with a blade. I originally intended to capture him, but unfortunately, he was too strong. I don't possess strength like yours, Elder Yao. I simply couldn't hold back and killed him by mistake."
"Simply killed him by mistake?" Yao Renwu's face turned livid as he slapped the tea table and shouted.
"Elder Yao, mind your dignity. If you have something to say, say it properly. What sort of behavior is this, banging on the furniture? You're an Enlightenment Realm expert," Huang Xiao said mildly.
Seeing Huang Xiao remain so utterly unruffled, disregard him, and even lecture him only made him angrier.
This was an outright humiliation. It was unforgivable.
In his view, Huang Xiao's ultimate fate could only be summed up in one word: death. How dare a man doomed to die challenge him?
"The facts are