"Elder Sister, why didn't we help Hong Yu just now?"
After Hong Yu left, Xia Yuxi's icy voice softened considerably from behind the curtain, carrying a trace of confusion.
In truth, she had originally intended to agree to it.
In her view, it was merely a transaction that required little effort.
They could both grant Hong Yu an enormous favor and naturally demand several suitable Dharma treasures or a sizable sum of spirit stones from him. Killing two birds with one stone.
But just as she was about to agree, her elder sister Xia Yunxi stopped her with the slightest glance.
That was why she changed her words at the last moment and forcibly swallowed back what had nearly left her mouth.
"Elder Sister, was it because, when we founded Celestial Immortal City back then, the Profound Luo Sect and the other major sects kicked us while we were down and made things difficult for us at every turn?"
"But back then, they only threatened and condemned us verbally. They never truly laid a hand on us." Xia Yuxi still could not understand, tossing out all the doubts in her heart at once.
"Besides, if we truly helped him this time, we might even be able to go with the current and ease the lukewarm relationship between Celestial Immortal City and the Profound Luo Sect that has persisted for all these years."
"Ah..." Xia Yunxi sighed softly, her voice filled with helplessness and affection. "My foolish little sister, did your secluded cultivation turn your brain to mush? Do you know why our Celestial Immortal City has drawn so many Rogue Cultivators here to gather and settle down?"
"Hm?" Xia Yuxi froze, then instinctively shook her head.
"It is precisely because Celestial Immortal City can provide them with an absolutely safe