Niu Youdao said, "What do you mean, wandering around? How can inspectors inspect anything without going everywhere to look? As for drinking wedding wine, the master of the Ice and Snow Pavilion and I are old acquaintances. What is wrong with an old friend going to offer congratulations when the Pavilion Master gets married?"
Taishu Shanhai said, "Everything you said makes sense. What I mean is, why have you stopped stirring things up like you did at the start? Looking back now, it seems that once we started making trouble, you pulled your hand back."
Niu Youdao said, "What do you mean, stirring things up? We are carrying out the Sacred Venerables' decree to inspect Misty Pavilion. If we find problems, we report them promptly. No one is stirring up trouble, and I have never stirred up trouble either. Nor is there any question of pulling back. Everyone in Heaven-Questioning City is on guard against me now. I simply cannot find any problems, so I can only go elsewhere to look. Is that not allowed?"
Lei Sheng, an Elder of the Heaven-Towering Sect, spoke up to smooth things over. "Elder Niu, Elder Taishu did not mean that. What we all mean is that, since we have joined hands, if Elder Niu has any new ideas, you might as well let everyone know."
Niu Youdao said, "Naturally."
He flatly refused to admit there was any problem, and there was nothing they could do about him. Though they still harbored suspicions, the matter ultimately came to nothing. Their visit could at least be considered a reminder to Niu Youdao.
The eight sects were supposedly allied, and the other seven often met with one another. Only Purple Gold Cave, represented by Niu Youdao, almost never took the initiative to seek out the other