Of course, before that.
Fang Xiao had to first learn from Xuan Zhongtian the specifics of Ling Taichu's situation, as well as a way to rescue him.
However, because a Mahayana Stage cultivator might be involved, Soul Searching was not an option.
He could only find a way to pry the answers he wanted from Xuan Zhongtian's mouth.
Fang Xiao did not delay any further and directly woke Xuan Zhongtian.
The moment he regained consciousness, Xuan Zhongtian immediately assumed a defensive stance.
But he soon relaxed. After all, all the power in his body had been sealed by Fang Xiao.
At this moment, he was merely fish on the chopping block, at another's mercy. Whatever he did would be nothing but futile effort.
"You're awake. I don't want to waste words pulling back and forth with you.
Tell me, what exactly did you do to my Master?
And what is happening outside?"
Fang Xiao did not waste a single word and went straight to the point.
Yet Xuan Zhongtian, who had seemed to have accepted his fate, had light flare anew in his eyes upon hearing Fang Xiao's words.
"Fine. I can tell you everything.
But what do I get?
Surely you won't kill me on the spot or imprison me forever after I tell you, will you?"
Xuan Zhongtian seemed to have forgotten his earlier bedraggled state, when he had begged Fang Xiao to spare him and had even been willing to acknowledge him as master.
The reason was simple.
Though he had fallen into Fang Xiao's hands, he was not without bargaining chips.
Ling Taichu was only one of them. The Seventh Order grand formation outside the Small World was the key.
Xuan Zhongtian admitted that Fang Xiao was far stronger than him, but he absolutely could not