After hearing Ling Tianya out, Tuoba Ao stared at him for a while, then threw back his head and laughed. "What methods! What cunning! What nerve!"
"How could my methods or cunning compare with yours, Tuoba Ao? You've lived so many years, plotted for so many years, and schemed against so many people. Aren't you tired?" Ling Tianya said coldly. "But today, I must settle our old score with you. Of course, everyone here has a score to settle with you. Tuoba Ao, you certainly have offended plenty of people!"
"Offended plenty of people? So what?" Tuoba Ao said with a faint smile. "It only proves how stupid you are, letting me toy with you in the palm of my hand. Utter fools! Ling Tianya, you dare dig atop the tyrant's head? You must be tired of living!"
Hearing his grandfather's exchange with Tuoba Ao, Huang Xiao understood. About a year ago, his grandfather had all but stopped appearing in public, claiming to have entered seclusion to cultivate. Thinking back now, his grandfather had already left Khitan then and disguised himself as Gui Jiu to lurk beside Tuoba Ao.
At this thought, Huang Xiao suddenly felt a jolt of alarm. With his grandfather absent from Khitan, how could the situation there be kept under control? Dalhe, the Esoteric Sect's foremost expert, had not come. Who else in Khitan could deal with him?
Huang Xiao grew anxious, but then he reconsidered. Since his grandfather had come here, he ought to have made proper arrangements.
Clearly, this was not the time to ask about such things.
"Tuoba Ao, things don't look good for you!" Wu Longfeng remarked mildly.
"Hmph, we have yet to see whose hands the deer will fall into! Wu Longfeng, don't go falling to that brat!" Tuoba Ao glanced