The man called the Black-and-White Sword Lord laughed heartily and stepped forward.
"I sensed someone fighting here earlier. It caused quite a commotion, so I came over out of curiosity. I didn't expect to find that someone had ambushed the master of this place."
"And I hear your Nine Suns Sword Sect had something to do with it?"
"Is that true?"
"If it is, Fellow Daoist Huo... I'd advise you not to let this conflict escalate. I heard about the uproar that Third Young Master Shen caused a few years ago. Frankly, that Third Young Master Shen was courting death."
"Your Elder Gu Sha took up his cause without thinking and got dragged into it... you could only call that his bad luck."
"There's no need to stir up more trouble over it..."
Huo Dongxi's face darkened on the spot. "Nonsense! How could Fellow Daoist Li's ambush have anything to do with our Nine Suns Sword Sect?"
"Black-and-White Sword Lord, don't treat every whisper of wind as a storm."
"We didn't do this. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Nine Suns Sword Sect."
"I came today to meet Fellow Daoist Li in person and clear things up face-to-face... and to apologize to him for the trouble that Shen Family brat caused a few years ago."
He paused.
Huo Dongxi swept his gaze over the crowd. When it passed Huang Tianhua, his eyes turned cold for an instant, but he soon looked away.
At last, his gaze settled on Cao Jin.
"You must be Fellow Daoist Cao Jin. Is Fellow Daoist Li Yun here?"
Cao Jin nodded.
Under the gazes of one Saint Gold Divine Lord after another, he seemed to feel not the slightest pressure. He remained perfectly at ease.
"He is. My lord invites you all in."