"Speak," Pang Ji said mildly.
"I was the last to be confirmed as a Hall Master Candidate. Though I rank last, I will give it everything I have and leave no regrets," Yang Tun said.
"Exactly. That is the right way to think. Show everything you have from the start, or you will have even less of a chance," Pang Yi interjected.
He paused, then looked at Huang Xiao. "Huang Xiao, the same goes for you. You had best use your full strength in the contest. If you hold anything back, you might not even get a chance to use it."
Pang Yi's words stirred something in Huang Xiao. An idea suddenly surfaced in his mind, though it was not yet fully formed. He still felt that his plan involving the Supreme Ghost Stele might be possible.
Pang Yi's attitude might give him a chance to use the Ghost-Riding Technique.
"Pang Yi, I will certainly surprise you," Huang Xiao said.
"I, Yang Tun, will make everyone understand that the struggle for the Hall Master's Seat is not just between you two, Pang Yi and Huang Xiao. I am in it too," Yang Tun said, staring at them.
"Then I will be waiting," Pang Yi said mildly.
He paid Yang Tun no heed at all. Huang Xiao was the only one worth taking seriously.
Even though Huang Xiao had spent four years alone in the First Hall Master's place of seclusion, he would not be too careless.
"Let us both do our best," Huang Xiao said with a soft laugh, glancing at Yang Tun.
Yang Tun's words had served as an opening and drawn those remarks from Pang Yi.
Perhaps Pang Yi would have said the same thing even without Yang Tun's remarks, but Huang Xiao had to make every effort