Xiao Yicai kept feeling that there had been something strange about Li Xun asking him about Lu Xueqi earlier, but for the moment he could not say exactly what was strange about it.
Li Xun bowed to Daoxuan True Person at the head of the hall and said, "Li Xun, a junior of Incense Valley, pays his respects to True Person!"
"Enough! Rise!" Daoxuan True Person looked at Li Xun's two empty sleeves, and the corners of his mouth twitched a little. He thought to himself, That little brat Luo Yunji really was far too reckless.
Zeng Shuchang and the others also saw Li Xun's empty sleeves, and the expressions on their faces could not help becoming somewhat complicated. They did not know whether they were pleased, or felt sorry for Li Xun, or ought to be angry at what Luo Yunji had done. Yet somehow, what they felt more of was gloating.
"Junior Li Xun pays his respects to the Azure Cloud seniors!" After paying his respects to Daoxuan True Person, Li Xun bowed to the Azure Cloud leaders on both sides.
"Quickly, get up! There's no need for this!" Zeng Shuchang hurriedly spoke to stop him.
While Li Xun was observing the formalities, Xiao Yicai bent at the head of the hall and quietly told Daoxuan True Person by his ear that Yun Yilan had already emerged from seclusion.
Daoxuan True Person nodded and gave Xiao Yicai a look telling him not to panic. He had already guessed earlier that Yun Yilan had emerged from seclusion, but Daoxuan True Person felt that the old man's emergence was most likely forced by that brat Luo Yunji.
According to the report from the spy he had sent to Incense Valley to gather information, Incense Valley was said to have lost