Huang Xiao could not help sighing.
"Don't be too pessimistic. That's the worst possible outcome." Seeing Huang Xiao's expression, Huo Lian laughed. "If Ma Tie'an and Kui Yong were extremely close, that would be wonderful news for us. Still, there's one thing we must watch out for: we absolutely cannot let slip in front of Ma Tie'an that we killed Kui Yong."
"Patriarch, if that really is the case, I'll certainly be extremely careful." Huang Xiao smiled too. "For now, we hold Kui Yong in the utmost respect. After all, we're both his successors now."
Huo Lian grinned. "Kui Yong must be feeling utterly frustrated in the underworld."
"Patriarch, what you just said has given me another way of looking at something Ma Tie'an did," Huang Xiao said.
"What was it?" Huo Lian asked.
"At the end, Ma Tie'an pointed out that I was the only one who broke through the formation," Huang Xiao said. "Before, I thought Ma Tie'an was Kui Yong's friend, so surely he meant me no harm by doing that. Now, though, we have to look at this differently."
Huo Lian nodded. "You've thought this through. If he meant you harm, he was trying to make you the target of everyone's arrows."
"If he meant well, then it was a test for me?" Huang Xiao asked.
"You could say that." Huo Lian sighed. "Whichever it is, things won't be easy for you in three days."
Huang Xiao's heart sank. "Those people will most likely attack me."
Huang Xiao's performance in these two selections had been astonishing.
Though Huang Xiao had performed astonishingly in the first selection, the other experts at the Upper Ancient Realm Peak had not actually paid him much heed.
They had all concealed their strength. Otherwise, they could easily have reached the same