Xin Gugu froze mid-motion.
Shouye of the Red Robes turned back with interest.
Fu Xing spun around in surprise. "Brother Shou? What are you doing here?"
Xu Xiaoshou had come alone.
Using Weaving to configure the spiritual array took no more than a moment and had not cost him much time.
Afterward, he led Mu Zixi back to the banquet hall.
Yet the main event of the evening banquet had not even begun. When he asked, he learned that Fu Xing had temporarily left to receive someone at the entrance of the City Lord's Manor.
As he hurried over, he spotted the old man in red not far from the entrance.
Apparently, this was the person Fu Xing had been waiting for.
And he had never imagined that this final guest to arrive would actually be one of the Red Robes! That crimson robe, that awe-inspiring killing intent, along with the words, "I have just come from the White Cavern"—Xu Xiaoshou immediately knew Xin Gugu was in grave danger.
This fellow had worn a face full of refusal when they set out, terrified of running into the Red Robes.
And Xu Xiaoshou had solemnly sworn to guarantee his safety. Yet now, his own words had come back to slap him in the face.
A dignified Red Robe had actually come to attend the banquet? Fu Xing's family was anything but simple!
Though anxious, Xu Xiaoshou did not act rashly. Instead, he slowed his pace and watched quietly for changes.
Things indeed developed in the worst possible direction.
That man called Shouye had truly discovered Xin Gugu's presence and seemed to have sniffed out something.
Xu Xiaoshou had no choice but to step forward.
He could not stand by and watch Xin Gugu die like this. That would be too absurd!