C537 He Was Annoyed and I Was Worried(1)

Generally speaking, there are four ways to interrupt a spellcaster: silence them, stun them, kill them, or taunt them into attacking a decoy. Silencing was out of the question for Hsiang Tai; he couldn't just cover the other party's mouth, and stunning them was off the table in a society governed by laws with consequences for one's actions. Killing was definitely not an option. So