"He said he was walking on thin ice for various reasons. But who isn't walking on thin ice, with their own reasons?" Pang Hong sneered, dismissing the excuse entirely.
This was the first time Pang Hong had displayed such an attitude in front of his own master, the words and expression filled with disdain for Zhu Houji.
Given Pang Hong's reverence for Pei Xuanjing, any arrangements made by Pei Xuanjing would never have been met with resistance, only compliance.
As Pang Hong had said to the disciples of the Shenxiao Sect, the ancestral master's words were the rule; once mentioned, they were to be carried out, even if not understood, they had to be learned and followed without any dissent.
But his attitude today was noticeably off, and even if there were things he deemed inappropriate, he usually would have advised more tactfully, not so bluntly.
