Some elders from the two halls gathered around Shi Hen.
None of them had expected Pang Ji still to refuse to relinquish his authority.
"Everyone, go back." Shi Hen said little else and dismissed them.
After Zhu Xing E followed Shi Hen back, he could not help asking, "My lord, I never expected this outcome."
Pang Tianlu's death had stirred some excitement in them.
In their eyes, Liu Tengfan should have had no trouble taking the position.
"Did you think Pang Ji would be so easily coerced?" Shi Hen said mildly. "This outcome is quite normal."
"Then what about the Hall Master?" Zhu Xing E asked.
"Of course the Hall Master won't give up so quickly either." Shi Hen smiled. "There's still a good show ahead. Just wait and see. There's no hurry."
"Understood." Zhu Xing E nodded.
This had already become a struggle between the Hall Master and Pang Ji. People like them could only wait on the sidelines for the two to settle who would win.
"Hall Master, where are you going?" Wei Yidao asked, somewhat puzzled.
The Hall Master had just said they would wait here for Pang Ji, yet now the three of them were swiftly leaving the place, heading in another direction.
"Wei Yidao, how do you think Pang Ji will react?" Huo Lian asked.
"He'll be furious and beside himself with rage," Wei Yidao said.
"Furious, certainly, but not beside himself. With his temperament, he won't yield just because of a threat like this old man's." Huo Lian smiled. "So before that, we need to add a little more fuel to the fire. This time, let's wipe out Pang Tianjiu's branch as well."
"Pang Tianjiu?" Wei Yidao murmured, then immediately caught on. "Right. Pang Ji certainly won't surrender the position of Grand Elder