Niu Ganghuo spoke up loudly. "I wonder why Brother Long is shaking his head. Do you also want to find fault with my poem, like Brother Xie? I'm not bragging, but a fine verse like this can only come when inspiration strikes and a flash of brilliance comes by chance. There's no way I could write a second one. As for you and Brother Xie, I'm afraid you'll never feel such a thing in your lives, let alone come up with a verse like this."
Xu Yi had thoroughly stoked his confidence, and now he was so carried away that he was firing shots in every direction. Master Mo, standing nearby, felt his heart clench with pain again and again.
Dragon Grandson said coldly, "What if I told you I once heard Ice Cloud Fairy recite this poem?"
Niu Ganghuo was struck as if by lightning.
He's bluffing. You believe that? Keep your expression steady. Xu Yi sent the thought at once. With his nudging, the situation was progressing smoothly, and Niu Ganghuo's enemies among the crowd were steadily multiplying. Xu Yi didn't want anything to go wrong halfway through.
Niu Ganghuo was just about to put on a look of shock when he suddenly burst into laughter. "Dragon Grandson, Dragon Grandson! I never thought you'd stoop to such a childish trick. It hardly suits the bearing you've always pretended to have."
No sooner had Niu Ganghuo finished speaking than the veiled beauty who had left earlier reappeared. She addressed him, "Ice Cloud Fairy would like to invite Fellow Daoist Niu inside for a chat."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
It was as if thunderbolts had crashed down from a clear sky, striking everyone in the heart.
"This—this can't be! Why? Why..."
Xie Xuanting clutched his chest, his heart feeling as if