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"All right, then sorry for the trouble, fellow Daoist. Please see that the Hua family gets justice when the time comes. Scum like that would be considered trash even in the Immortal Path Sect, wouldn't they?" I frowned. Wan Songxiao was as sly as a fox, and he could even see other people's fortunes. Someone with such an extraordinary ability would surely distinguish himself in this war across the Nine Provinces.
"Of course. After all, I'm now a major tenth-tier immortal cultivator myself. If I still couldn't hold ninth-tier immortals accountable, that would be utterly unacceptable. Rest assured, fellow Daoist. If there's nothing else, I'll return to my sect and report. As you know, I came to collect this World-Cleansing Azure Lotus Leaf too. I really am very busy." Wan Songxiao smiled, looking ready to slip away if there was nothing else.
"Heh. There's one more thing. Would you mind explaining it before you leave?" With that cold remark, I stopped Wan Songxiao in his tracks. Seeing his apparent impatience, my expression soured too. "This wasn't your first time summoning a World-Cleansing Azure Lotus Leaf, was it?"
Wan Songxiao immediately burst out laughing. "Hahaha! I thought it was something serious. That? Let me put it this way, fellow Daoist. Our sect leader sent us out to find these things. Naturally, ninth-tier immortals couldn't understand the deeper workings involved, but those of us who've advanced to the tenth tier receive different treatment. The last time I went back, I happened to have reached the tenth tier. To let me play a greater role, our leader taught the summoning technique he'd researched and improved to us tenth-tier grand elders, hoping we might someday have a use for it. And wouldn't you know it, this time I came here following the flow