Silence fell below the platform. They had heard a trace of utter resolve in Hou Niao's words!
He would give up becoming a True Disciple? Just for the sheer joy of the sword? Disregard tradition? Just to smash all those pots and jars?
The True Persons from the Minister of War Prefecture looked livid. This was an ungrateful wolf that could never be fed enough or tamed!
The four True Persons Hai, Wei, Quan, and Yuan were somewhat moved. They realized they had still underestimated this young man. Perhaps he was more than a mere pawn?
The True Persons from the Minister of Justice and Minister of Works Prefectures had mixed feelings, proud of the cultivator under their jurisdiction yet troubled by the changes that might follow. After all their efforts to hold things down, they had still failed, because some things simply could not be held down.
"This brat has more guts than I do!" Yu Zhengxing was both excited and uneasy.
"Senior Brother is a true man!" Hai Xixi clapped her hands in admiration.
"Old Hou, you really won't rest until the whole world is in chaos," Rao Zongzhi said, shaking his head with a sigh.
"Could the two True Persons Xu and Zong be supporting him in secret?" Zong Qian was still weighing and calculating.
"Now that's my senior brother. A pity I can't fight alongside him like I did in Yinling." Wang Mian recalled the past with feeling.
Fang Yazi was not surprised at all. "I knew it. The question is, how do we clean up after him this time?"
At the very edge of the crowd of cultivators, a hooded cultivator spat. In his agitation, a small gap opened beneath his hood. A cultivator beside him happened to glance over. Why did he look a