"Yes! I'm going to the Rear Mountain Pagoda! I want to grow stronger!" Li Xiaoya's low, resolute voice came from the corner.
"...!" Everyone exchanged glances, unsure whether to comfort him, mock him, or admire his courage.
As they fell silent, a strange atmosphere filled the air, weighing heavily on them.
"Don't worry!" Only after a long silence did Li Xiaoya speak calmly again. "I'll go by myself. None of you need to come with me!" He paused, then said with utter coldness, "I'll give you Invisibility Talismans in a moment. You can make your own way out!"
From the look of him, he had set his heart on going to the Rear Mountain Pagoda.
"Then I'll go too!" Zhang Hong, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke up.
"What would you go for? I won't allow it!" Li Xiaoya suddenly sprang to his feet, his fury blazing three feet high as he pointed at her. "I promised Senior Brother Liu I'd keep you safe!"
"So what if you promised him?" Zhang Hong seemed to lose her temper too. She jumped up from the ground and snapped, "Does Ancient Demon Mountain belong to you? Do I need your protection? Do you have the right? Do you even have the abili... Hmph!" She hurled one accusation after another at him, but abruptly caught herself at that point. She glared fiercely at Li Xiaoya, snorted, and dropped back down to sulk.
"You!!!!!!!" Li Xiaoya choked on her words, trembling with rage, unable to get a single word out. Only after a long moment did he fling his sleeve and snap, "Go if you want to!" Then he too dropped back down.
"Hehe! Junior Brother Li! Don't stoop to arguing with her! That's just her temper!" Ma Weiqi chuckled as though