"Since you all know each other, would you like to sit down in the same private room and catch up?" Nangong Yin asked tentatively when they were led to the entrance of a new room.
Dong Ling said nothing.
Hua Xiang, however, was somewhat tempted.
Since Zhou Tianshen had confirmed that this was Martial Uncle Xu, she very much wanted to follow Martial Uncle Xu at once.
After all, while the Alchemist Association was also part of the same family, it was nowhere near as close as a descendant of the Emberlight Lineage.
Xu Xiaoshou merely shook his head indifferently.
He could read the meaning beneath Nangong Yin's words...
This fellow was probably testing how close he was to the Alchemist Association—and to Hua Xiang! If he agreed and the three parties stayed in the same private room, outsiders would get the impression that First Pavilion Under Heaven had truly established itself firmly in East Heavenly King City.
But Xu Xiaoshou did not want that.
He was a "Half-Saint faction." There was no need for him to borrow anyone else's power.
Besides, recognizing Hua Xiang as family was not something they could discuss in detail beneath the Night Cats' surveillance network.
If they sat together, who knew whether this girl might fail to hold herself back and reveal her identity as part of the Emberlight Lineage.
Then, once anyone with ulterior motives investigated, matters involving Tiansang Spirit Palace, Saint Slave, White Cavern... everything would be exposed!
"No need!"
Having thought it through, Xu Xiaoshou rejected the proposal outright. "We're not that familiar anyway. We merely have a bit of history between us. Let everyone go home and find their own mother!"
Dong Ling shot Young Master Xu a slightly surprised glance. This choice... was rather unexpected.
Still, it was naturally