Hardly had Heavenly Lord Shihu finished speaking when the rough voice in his mind replied in great displeasure:
"Little Stone, if I could sense even this wrong, how about I, Old Ox, call you big brother from now on?"
With the third bolt of heavenly lightning about to descend, Heavenly Lord Shihu was in no mood to joke with him.
So he simply said nothing more, fixing his gaze on the Moonshadow Stone Projection overhead.
Beside him, Xiahou You and Xiahou Qingyuan had already prepared to guard Heavenly Lord Shihu as he acted. At this sight, confusion appeared on both their faces.
Xiahou You asked in bewilderment:
"Third Uncle, what are you doing?"
Without turning his head, Heavenly Lord Shihu replied:
"The situation has changed. Just watch for now."
Xiahou You and Xiahou Qingyuan exchanged a glance, then both turned their eyes back to the Moonshadow Stone Projection overhead.
Purple-Robed Elder Lu of Ningchan Cave, who had been watching them all along, immediately let out a long sigh of relief when he saw that Heavenly Lord Shihu had not acted.
Among everyone present.
Apart from Xiahou You and Her Brother, he alone knew that Heavenly Lord Shihu had the ability to save Xu Taiping from afar.
That was precisely why he had kept watching them.
Now reassured, Purple-Robed Elder Lu clasped his hands behind his back, raised his head to look at the phantom image before him, and said with a cold chuckle:
"Who in this world would disregard their own Great Dao to save some minor cultivator?"
Beside him, Lü Hu of Ningchan Cave, who knew nothing of this, asked in utter confusion:
"Elder Lu, what do you mean by that?"
She immediately pressed:
"Could something have changed on Xu Taiping's end?"
Without turning his head, Purple-Robed Elder Lu