"Spit it out! If you say one useless word more, I'll wipe you out!" I frowned. There were pursuers everywhere now, and the way ahead was surely guarded too. Fengpo City was simply too vast—so vast that escaping alone would be difficult, let alone while bringing along a delicate little girl!
"Of course, of course! Valley Master Dongren, come with this old man first!" Wuxiu hurriedly turned to lead the way. With that single motion, countless explosions immediately rang out behind him. The clouds were dyed red in an instant, as though the heavens themselves had been set ablaze. These were fire-attribute smoke bombs from the Raging Spirit Palace, and the old man was especially skilled at such petty tricks.
I followed behind him with Lingzhao, suspicious as ever. Sure enough, the old man had prepared quite a few things. While leading us zigzagging through the clouds, he also had his helpers lay down strange confusion arrays around us and detonate even more clouds of smoke. It seemed he had already planted the groundwork earlier.
"Speak up. What exactly are you trying to do?" I pressed on.
"Valley Master Dongren, perhaps you came to avenge that brat Hudan, but there's actually no great conflict of interest between you and me, is there? Why shut me out from a thousand miles away? Think about it—what sort of person is Hudan? He's sinister and cunning, and he ordered this old man and the other clan elders to do plenty of things that could never be washed clean! Even his own father was tricked by him and is still locked up in Fengpo City's underground prison! Do you think I became acquainted with that Great Elder Jiuhua for no reason?" Wuxiu dodged the pursuers while covering all the clouds beneath the divine tree