"The places I go aren't somewhere you two little ones can follow. Maybe once your cultivation catches up, we can talk. Until then, just stay put." Lu Xiaotian said. Never mind these two little ones—even a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator with a weak foundation would feel rather uncomfortable in that Black Prison.
Seeing how firm Lu Xiaotian was, Yu Xiaoqiao pouted, looking unhappy.
"Now tell me, what did Hou Lie want when he captured you two?" Back at Yu Ya's courtyard, Lu Xiaotian looked at Xiang Hua and asked. He knew Yu Xiaoqiao inside and out; he had watched her grow up. The only unusual thing about her was her Supreme Wood Spirit Body, but her cultivation was too low for it to be of much use yet.
What had caught Hou Lie's eye was naturally the secret Xiang Hua was carrying. Back when Lu Xiaotian had lived in seclusion in Redfish Town, Xiang Hua had asked to become his disciple. Some of the things he had brought out then were not something a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator could possess. Xiang Hua had had no fortunate encounters in the past few years, so Hou Lie had most likely kept him under house arrest for this reason.
And with Xiao Jinfeng, Mo Zhanqing, and the others getting involved, it was probably not simply because of their friendship with Hou Lie.
"Master sees through everything. Back then, I gave you an ancient armor plate. They most likely came for that. They only pressed me about where it was, but before they could ask much more, you heard what was happening and rushed over, catching them completely off guard." Xiang Hua spoke frankly. "I found it while exploring a dangerous place with several other cultivators. There were six of us, but four