"I wonder if Daoist Zhao heard Fellow Daoist Dongfang's words clearly? If you have no objections, I shall take Fellow Daoist Dongfang away from this place of right and wrong to concentrate on alchemy." Xinhong seemed entirely blind to Zhao Qifeng's increasingly unsightly expression.
Zhao Qifeng's gaze shifted uncertainly. Xinhong's reputation outside was illustrious, and rumor had it that she had once defeated Nanyiming of the Leiyin Immortal Sect. Her strength at the True Immortal level was bound to be formidable, and the Cloudglow Immortal Sect was known to outsiders to have three True Immortals including Xinhong—not someone the current Zhao Qifeng could afford to provoke.
"Even though Fellow Daoist Xinhong is a True Immortal of the Cloudglow Immortal Sect and holds a higher status than ordinary rogue immortals or True Immortals of minor lineages, she still shouldn't bully others by throwing her weight around. Fellow Daoist Dongfang is clearly nothing more than a rogue immortal, so how did he become an honored guest of the Cloudglow Immortal Sect? I can understand Fellow Daoist Xinhong's motive in trying to intercept someone; after all, an alchemy sage is not so easily nurtured nowadays. However, wanting to forcibly snatch someone from right under the hands of Daoist Zhao and myself—even if it is the Cloudglow Immortal Sect, we find it hard to accept."
Another voice arrived. Lu Xiaotian turned his head to look, and yet another matron stepped out from the formation—abruptly revealing herself to be Xu Suqin, the other True Immortal Lu Xiaotian had previously sensed in secret.
"That being the case, do the two of you intend to fight me?" Xinhong asked, her expression unruffled.
"A fight is hardly necessary. Originally, our purpose in seeking Fellow Daoist Dongfang was to go after the Dream-Entangling Odd Stone, which I presume Fellow