Yi Chen had been closely observing Zhou Mei's reaction since the time Huo Xun had mentioned the assassination attempt she had encountered several months ago.
Seeing her face grow paler and paler with each subsequent word that followed clearly told Yi Chen that she had yet to fully recover from the trauma those attacks had imprinted in her mind.
At the same time, he was finding it more and more difficult to control himself. If not for the sect's rules that punished disciples for picking fights with each other, he would have already bashed Huo Xun's mouth by now.
With the disparity in their strength, doing something like that was as simple as breaking a twig, which made reining in his desire even more difficult.
'Calm down…Calm down…'
He kept repeating to himself while taking in slow, controlled breaths.
However, even that method failed the moment Huo Xun's last set of words registered in his mind, as the very next moment he asked in a tone that was laced with anger.
