"My lord, please calm your anger. These materials concern Lord Shi, so your subordinate thought..." Pan Che said quietly.
Before he could finish, Pang Ruyuan cut him off. "You thought? You thought you were acting for my sake, for the sake of the God-Burying Hall? Ridiculous! If those materials are still here when Shi Hen's orders arrive, it will be too late even if I want to defy them. If we dispose of them now, then even if Shi Hen asks me for them, I can still play dumb. Even if I'm punished, what does that matter? Are we supposed to leave this leverage and evidence for the Heavenly Demon Hall?"
"Hall Master, I'll send someone immediately-no, I'll go to the Forge Yard myself and personally destroy those materials. I absolutely won't leave a trace," He Muyi said hurriedly.
"Yes, yes, we'll go right away. Huang Xiao and his party probably won't be able to meet Lord Shi so soon. We should still have time," Pan Che said as well.
Pang Ruyuan took a deep breath, calming himself somewhat.
Only after sitting back down did he wave a hand and say, "Go. I don't want to hear anything more about these tempering materials."
"Yes, we'll go at once and make certain these materials are disposed of completely!" He Muyi and Pan Che said respectfully.
Both men inwardly wiped away a cold sweat. Fortunately, the Hall Master had merely flown into a rage and had not really punished them yet.
As long as they handled the matter of the materials perfectly, this affair could be put behind them.
As for whether Fan Rong lived or died, they naturally had no attention to spare for that. Pleading for him just now had already been their limit.
The two turned to leave, but