"What is it, did something happen?" Lu Xiaotian looked at Yun Li, who wore a troubled expression and seemed to find it difficult to speak, then smiled and said, "It looks like there's no problem on the sect master's end. Since it concerns me, you can just speak plainly."
If Yun Chongyi or Xinhong were in trouble and needed assistance, Yun Li would have brought it up with the utmost urgency, eager for him to head to the Illusory Mist Marsh as soon as possible, rather than finding it so hard to open her mouth.
"It seems the things I wanted were withheld. Elder Bai's doing, I suppose."
"Sir already guessed it?" Yun Li wore a look of utter astonishment, not expecting that Lu Xiaotian would have already guessed roughly what happened before she even spoke.
"Withholding my things and not even sending someone over to give a word, Bai Ziyuan certainly has quite the nerve. Does he think that because I joined Cloud Mist Immortal Sect later, I'm easy to bully?"
Lu Xiaotian's expression remained as calm as usual, but in Yun Li's eyes, it only made it seem all the more likely that a huge fuss was about to be kicked up.
"I, I already argued the case for you with Sir, but Elder Bai probably really did have an emergency..." Yun Li did not know how to explain the matter. She had originally thought Lu Xiaotian would be easy to talk to, but she never expected things to go far beyond her expectations.
"You don't need to make excuses for him; I'll go see Bai Ziyuan." Lu Xiaotian shook his head and took a single step, vanishing several hundred feet away in the blink of an eye.
Yun Chongyi was away, and Bai Ziyuan was temporarily acting