749. Chips (Bonus Chapter for Ally Grinning)

On the road back, Mo Hua just so happened to be traveling the same way as Linghu Xiao.

Ta'a Mountain, where Ta'a Gate was located; Chongxu Mountain, where Chongxu Gate was located; and Void Mountain, where Ta'a Gate was located, were three mountains of the same vein, situated close to one another.

The two of them were heading back to their sects in the same direction.

Linghu Xiao was still cold as ice. He did not smile, nor did he speak, but every now and then he would glance at Mo Hua.

Sensing his gaze, Mo Hua turned his head and asked in puzzlement, "What is it?"

Linghu Xiao said seriously, "You promised you would fight me."

Mo Hua paused. "When was that?"

Linghu Xiao was a little angry. "Just now, in the mountains!" He frowned. "Are you trying to go back on your word?"

Mo Hua thought back for a moment, then shook his head. "What I said was, 'We'll talk when there's time'..."

"When do you have time?" Linghu Xiao asked.

Mo Hua sighed.

He had only said that casually.

Who would be so idle as to actually fight him...

"Oh, right," Mo Hua said, afraid Linghu Xiao would keep pestering him, and changed the subject. "Duanjin Gate keeps snatching your demon beasts. Don't you want to snatch them back?"

"That is my own affair," Linghu Xiao said.

"Then if they keep snatching from you, won't you be unable to earn any merit?" Mo Hua asked again.

Linghu Xiao fell silent. Then his expression chilled slightly, and a sharp Sword Intent showed in his eyes. His whole person revealed an edge as if unsheathed.

"When my sword Dao is accomplished, none of them will be my match for a single sword strike. Then I will settle this debt