"Hahaha! That I couldn't tell you!" High Person Qianshan laughed at the question. From his expression, one might almost have believed it was true. Seeing the astonishment on Li Xiaoya's and the others' faces, he hastily added, "Hehe! Just a joke. Old Dragon Head was gambling. If they'd won this time, we of the Heavenly Dao Sect would have been the unlucky ones, not their Fire Dragon Palace!" He rose with a sigh. "You are all future pillars of our Heavenly Dao Sect!"
"Ugh! Giving the Fire Dragon Palace a thousand years-isn't that cutting down the weeds without pulling out their roots?" Li Xiaoya said unhappily. Although they had killed the chief culprits, Sun Xing and Sun Xing, they could no longer touch the Fire Dragon Palace. How could he not be frustrated?
"Hehe, once Old Dragon Head ascends, it's anyone's guess whether the Fire Dragon Palace will still have a Spirit Communion Stage cultivator! Even if our Heavenly Dao Sect doesn't trouble them then, the other Demonic Path factions will. The Fire Dragon Palace has hard days ahead!" Old Dragon Head said with a chuckle.
"But Old Dragon Head is still here now, so they won't have much trouble for the time being!" Heavenly Venerable Daoling hastily said. He paused, then suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to Zhang Bingmei. "Right, Bingmei! Go out to sea and help Facai dismantle the Teleportation Formation, then come back!"
"Yes, Master!" Zhang Bingmei replied. She had recovered roughly seventy percent of her strength, and without the threat of the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators, traveling through their territory was quite safe. She soared into the sky.
"Huh? Master? Sixth Senior Brother came too?" Li Xiaoya asked in surprise.
"Yes! He set up a Teleportation Formation out at sea and is waiting for