Seeing Hu Xia sigh in relief, I couldn't help asking, "You're young, but your hand is vicious. When you left the Fury Spirit Palace, did something happen to you?"
Hu Xia's brows unconsciously drew together before she said, "What does it have to do with you? You're not that old either. Does that mean your hand isn't vicious? You flattened someone with a single palm strike."
"Heh heh, I've at least made my way around Falling Wood Valley, while you're the Palace Master of the Fury Spirit Palace." I laughed.
Hu Xia snorted. She clearly had no intention of speaking with me, and I didn't plan to keep pressing her. But judging from her expression, she had certainly suffered quite a few grievances. Even with bodyguards protecting her, those bodyguards had managed to get lost. Not to mention escaping the Fury Spirit Palace.
"Speaking of which, what exactly are these Fury Spirit Immortal Chasers? You've mentioned that organization several times. Don't they come under the authority of your Fury Spirit Palace?" I asked again.
"They're... they're guest retainers used by the Council of Elders for law enforcement and pursuit. Most of them are desperate criminals. Our Fury Spirit Palace provides them with shelter and spirit crystals for their daily cultivation. But whenever the Council of Elders has a need, they immediately set out." Hu Xia gritted her teeth bitterly.
"They killed quite a few of your followers?" I asked.
"Mm..." A trace of grief appeared on Hu Xia's face. It seemed those immortals who had died were very important to her.
"Like that bodyguard..." I asked.
"Don't keep calling them bodyguards! They're my family! They came with my mother when she married into the Fury Spirit Palace from Falling Wood Valley!" Hu Xia glared at me.
"All right. I didn't