"Since you fled the clan, you're no longer a member of our Clear Sky Sect. Get out now. Don't force me to lay hands on you again, cough, cough, cough..."
The Seventh Elder, the most hot-tempered of them all, pointed at Tang Hao and shouted furiously.
His excessive agitation aggravated his earlier injuries, sending him into a fit of coughing.
Had Tang Xiao not been standing beside Tang Hao, he would have unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it down on him again.
"That's right, Tang Hao. Since you already fled the Clear Sky Sect, you're no longer one of us. Is this Clan Council Hall somewhere you have any right to enter?"
As the Fourth Elder spoke, he moved to shove Tang Hao out of the council hall.
In their eyes, for a bastard like Tang Hao, who had angered his own father to death, even entering the Clear Sky Sect was a grave offense now.
How could they let him enter somewhere as important as the Clan Council Hall? Tang Hao had to get out.
"Enough, Seventh Elder, Fourth Elder. I gave him permission to remain in the Clan Council Hall.
"If you want my brother Hao to get out, do you want me to get out too???"
Tang Xiao rebuked them sharply, his imposing expression making both the Fourth and Seventh Elders shut their mouths.
Ultimately, Tang Xiao was now the rightful sect master, with the authority to have the final say within the sect.
Unless the former sect master, Tang Chen, returned, no one in the entire Clear Sky Sect could overturn Tang Xiao's decisions.
The Fourth and Seventh Elders both glared viciously at Tang Hao, as though saying:
"Count yourself lucky, brat. If the sect master hadn't spoken up for you, you'd have been