The Giant Chi ignored Tian Buyi's shouts. Once Zhang Xiaofan, carrying Little Fatty on his back and riding the Fire Poker, had rejoined everyone, it shook itself and flew off.
In the main hall at Front Mountain on Big Bamboo Peak, Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan knelt on the floor, surrounded by disciples from the three peaks who had been searching for them.
"Speak! Where did you run off to?" Tian Buyi roared at them, his face flushed red.
"We went home with Big Dabai! Then Little Junior Brother and I went to the Imperial City to visit Liao Xing." When it came to social niceties, Little Fatty was utterly clueless. It wasn't that he wasn't smart; he simply didn't care, didn't take things to heart, and didn't bother to think them through.
Tian Buyi thought he understood, but then again, he wasn't sure. "You be quiet! Xiao Qi, you tell me!"
"Yes!" Zhang Xiaofan felt the oppressive atmosphere in the room and shrank his neck. "Long Zi took us to the area near the Imperial City. It had to stay there for a while, so we went to the Imperial City to wait for it! We stayed at the Prince's Mansion during that time."
They had originally planned to bring Liao Xing along, but the Prince feared that if Liao Xing left, he wouldn't want to return, so he had kept him behind.
"Why didn't you say anything before you left? Do you know how worried we were?" Su Ru was still angry. Song Daren gestured toward Zhang Xiaofan with his eyes, prompting him to speak.
"Master! Shiniang! This disciple failed to think things through. I never expected Long Zi to move so fast. By the time I reacted, we had already left the Azure Cloud Mountain Range." Zhang