Heroes Gather from Across the Realm

After climbing the mountain, Han Gao said to the others, "Sect Leader, Xiaofang, Nephew Zhou, haha, I'm back! Has something happened lately? If the sect is in trouble, how could I, a guest official, stand idly by? If there's anywhere I, Han, can be of use, just say the word!"

Liu Xiaolou shook his head. "That nose of yours is truly sharp."

Han Gao laughed. "It isn't that I'm sharp; it's that concern throws me into confusion. The truly sharp one is Nephew Zhou. He suddenly went to Great Seal Mountain to ask me about the Guanjiang Zhu Clan. This brat made up an excuse, claiming he knew a woman and had fallen for her. His tale was so lifelike that even I nearly fell for it. If I, as his elder, had not cared greatly about this matter, he might truly have kept it from me."

Zhou Tong scratched the back of his head and said dejectedly, "Nothing can be hidden from Martial Uncle Han. It's truly despairing."

Everyone burst into laughter. Once they had finished, Liu Xiaolou laid everything bare before him. "Something has gone wrong over at Xiushan. It should be an internal sect conflict. Fairy Jingzhen may be in danger, and there is evidence that the Guanjiang Zhu Clan is most likely behind it."

Han Gao did not ask what the evidence was. He merely said, "The Zhu Clan is wicked to the bone. They have always bullied the nearby sects, so it comes as no surprise that they would commit such evil deeds. Great Seal Mountain has long found them intolerable, but we are weak and outnumbered, unable to uphold justice for the weak. Now that Sect Leader Liu is taking the lead, Great Seal Mountain will surely follow the steed's tail!"

Liu Xiaolou nodded.