Hu Gui cautiously looked around, then carefully asked, "May I ask which senior lent a hand? This junior is endlessly grateful." Hu Gui was no fool; he knew what these people intended to do.
No matter who had acted, the fact remained that they had saved his life. Hu Gui immediately dropped to his knees and kowtowed in every direction, enraging the others. "You bastard, Hu Gui! So you really are a traitor! As a disciple of the Blazing Sun Sect, you actually kneel to outsiders? Are you courting death?" Unfortunately, Hu Gui did not care in the slightest.
The clamoring crowd suddenly fell silent. Huo Hai had found their noise irritating and directly sealed their mouths as well. With Huo Hai's cultivation, they had no power to resist whatsoever.
Upon noticing the change, Hu Gui immediately bowed. "Senior, I shall never forget your great kindness. Might senior show yourself?" Hu Gui realized that the expert who had saved him had not left, but was hidden nearby.
Huo Hai nodded and slowly walked out. "Boy, you wanted to see me? What did you wish to say?" Huo Hai used spiritual energy to distort his voice, making it extremely hoarse and unpleasant to hear. He was deliberately imitating the voices of those old ghosts who cultivated evil arts that he had heard before. Some evil arts harmed the body so severely that even one's voice changed.
"Senior, this lowly one merely wishes to serve at your side, to repay your immense kindness." Seeing Huo Hai, Hu Gui hurriedly bowed. Even though Huo Hai gave off no aura at all, Hu Gui did not dare underestimate him.
The people around them widened their eyes and stared fixedly at Huo Hai. If looks could kill, Huo Hai would already have been hacked into