but Qiao Zhi gave the smallest shake of her head. She was not afraid of him. More importantly, she did not want Gu Yangjin to feel that she needed to be rescued from an argument she had already handled well. She simply watched the man's hand and waited to see whether he would make the mistake of drawing his weapon in a public pavilion.
Before the situation could grow worse, the attendant responsible for the hall approached and reminded the young cultivators that weapons were not to be drawn inside. The Celestial Sword disciple looked around and realized that several visitors were watching him. If he attacked Qiao Zhi, he would be recorded as the person who started a fight in a place dedicated to the study of martial arts. That would not help his standing ahead of the gathering. He released the hilt, though his eyes remained angry.
