"Huh?" Madam Woshuang's face fell, and she hurriedly shook her head. "But I don't want to stay in Cloudmist Continent anymore..."
"I'm willing to give up everything and go with you to Immortal-Seeking Continent!" Fox Xiao's eyes were bloodshot, as if he had finally made up his mind. I really couldn't tell whether this fellow had been driven mad by some lovesickness bug or truly liked Madam Woshuang that much. To understand him, I'd probably have to ask him myself.
Madam Woshuang was dumbfounded. She asked hesitantly, "But what about Wrathful Spirit Palace? There are so many immortals waiting for you to look after them. Wrathful Spirit has only just let the little fox spirit go over to the orthodox path to seduce souls. You're not planning to seduce souls away to Immortal-Seeking Continent for my sake too, are you? Think about it—if you take me away and elope with me, do you think Star Soul Sect might let Wrathful Spirit Palace off?"
Fox Xiao immediately sucked in a sharp breath at that, and I couldn't help admiring Madam Woshuang's cleverness. She had even thought of this.
Fox Xiao's expression shifted between light and dark as he paced back and forth, unsure what to do. I knew he was in a difficult position, so I casually added, "Palace Master Xiao, as long as you're in Wrathful Spirit Palace, Star Soul Sect will have to face you head-on. Otherwise, they'll surely use every underhanded method imaginable against your palace. Its defection to the orthodox path isn't precisely an attempt to settle the grudges it's accumulated against you all these years?"
"That's true. I suppose I'm also to blame for always being at odds with him back then. But the last time we met, we had already settled our children's marriage. Since