"Haha, Chief Xia is here too? What a coincidence, isn't it?" Shengtu Bengyun burst out laughing. Just as he saw me about to unleash Illusory Sword Heaven, he opened his mouth, and the Sky-Breaking Cannon boomed, shooting out a fierce beam of purple light. The beam's power was formidable; even without being struck, I could sense the energy gathering as it fired.
I left with Shrinking Earth Technique, my expression ugly, and instantly withdrew the Sword Qi of Illusory Sword Heaven. Shengtu Bengyun's attack struck almost exactly where I had been standing. Now that was interesting. If I accused him of courting death, he would certainly claim that he had not been aiming at me and wash his hands of all responsibility.
"Ah, Chief Xia, I just happened to be passing by. I saw an old friend from the imperial court battling your new friend to the death, so of course I had to step in and mediate, didn't I?" Shengtu Bengyun said with an earnest expression.
I laughed coldly with a darkened face. "Shengtu Bengyun, it seems you've forgotten the pain once the wound healed. Don't forget—if you really provoke me, I'll go to your Shengtu household's Imperial City Immortal Domain again. By then, it won't be something that can be settled by merely killing ten thousand people or so."
"Tsk, Chief Xia. Listen to how you put that. There's no great enmity between us. Taking it to the death-or-glory stage would be too much. Do you really have to get so angry with this old man?" Shengtu Bengyun argued shamelessly.
"No enmity? That sounds nice. After all this back and forth, does it look like there's no enmity?" I sneered.
Jiufang Gong glanced at Shengtu Bengyun, then cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Shengtu, a thousand words