Huang Xiao had abruptly left the Demon Hall and defected from it. Everyone in the Jianghu now knew about it.
But no one knew why Huang Xiao had defected from the Demon Hall.
Even Pang Ji and the others at the Demon Hall did not know.
The same went for Mo Pozheng. He had merely received instructions from the First Hall Master.
He had reappointed Pang Yi, while Huang Xiao had been declared a traitor to the Demon Hall outright.
But to Mo Pozheng and the others, the First Hall Master's instructions were somewhat strange.
When dealing with Huang Xiao, they were to take him alive.
Logically speaking, the First Hall Master would never tolerate someone like Huo Lian. Once he emerged, he would definitely kill Huo Lian.
Yet the nature of Huang Xiao's defection this time was even worse than Huo Lian's.
After all, Huo Lian had left after the Thousand-Year Period, and he had paid the price of more than half his essence blood.
Huang Xiao, on the other hand, had done nothing and simply fled.
What did he take the position of Demon Hall Master for?
Something he could take up whenever he wanted and abandon whenever he pleased?
Or had he merely wanted to use this opportunity to improve his strength?
So, however they looked at it, the First Hall Master ought to hate Huang Xiao even more than Huo Lian.
In the end, they concluded that the First Hall Master must hate Huang Xiao so deeply that he wanted him captured alive so he could torment him thoroughly.
"Yes, that is why I left the Demon Hall," Huang Xiao said.
"Just as well. You should leave the Demon Hall," Xuan Tu said. "Kui Yong won't spare you."
"Senior, was Kui Yong truly that invincible back