"No." Qing Shu answered bluntly.
"Are you hostile toward me?"
"No." Qing Shu shook his head again.
"Then what do you mean by this? Fighting for favor?" Xu Kun grew curious after Qing Shu denied it twice.
"I'm tired." Qing Shu gave an unexpected answer.
Xu Kun rested Starfall Nine Heavens on his shoulder. "What do you mean... you're tired?"
"Ever since I reached the pinnacle of Blue Star two hundred and fifty years ago, many of my peers have transcended. Yet to protect the Mother Goddess's legacy, I suppressed my realm for two hundred and fifty years. I'm tired."
"And that's why you dropped Azure Phoenix Star on my head?" Xu Kun snorted.
What the hell does you being tired have to do with me?
"Do you want to hear the truth?"
"Mm... go ahead." Xu Kun was somewhat curious.
One stood holding a hammer while the other knelt, carrying on a conversation in a strange manner.
"From the moment you set foot on Yunxiao Continent and revealed the aura of the Phoenix Race, all of Azure Phoenix Star was stirred up."
"The old men from that faction rushed to welcome you without pause. I did not stop them."
"The officials under my command actually urged me to prevent your return to the Phoenix Race."
At this point, Qing Shu gave a self-mocking smile. "I asked them one question."
Xu Kun pricked up his ears. Wasn't Qing Shu doing exactly that right now—stopping him?
And in such an extreme way, by directly smashing down an entire star!
"The Azure Phoenix Crown Prince's return is a joyous occasion for the entire Azure Phoenix Sect. It should be a day when our doors are thrown open and lanterns hung in celebration. Yet instead of welcoming him, you want to stop him?"