Lin Shan was both angry and annoyed, his eyes widening slightly as he said, "Dean Hong Yuan, your word is gold—didn't you say before that Scholar Lu should be handed over to me?"
Hong Yuan's face stayed impassive; after all, this 'golden words' title wasn't something he named himself, but something others gave him. Just because they tagged him with a nice title didn't mean he'd restrain himself. He replied, "That was before. Now that Scholar Lu has passed the assessment, what he deserves, he shall have!"
Lin Shan was furious, even releasing his True Qi, his sleeves billowing.
But Hong Yuan seemed not to notice at all.
Putting morality aside, he had the rationale on his side. If Lu Chang'sheng had passed the assessment, he met Martial Artist Institute's rules—why would Lin Shan have any say?
He only tolerated it because the other was Mountain Master; otherwise, he would've sent him packing!
