Just then, a voice rang out above Celestial City. "Oh! Quite a lively gathering!"
A white-haired old man with a rosy complexion appeared alongside a woman in white. She supported him by the arm, making them look like grandfather and granddaughter.
Shi Hao's heart jolted. Could that old man be Xiaoxiao in disguise? Then who was the woman?
Indeed, the two were Jun Moxiao and Ye Qingxian in disguise. Ye Qingxian had finally met Shi Hao. Seeing his bedraggled appearance, she struggled to hold back her laughter, pinching the flesh on Jun Moxiao's hand hard.
Jun Moxiao gave her a look, telling her to restrain herself. This girl really couldn't act.
The leader from the Fire Demon Palace looked at Jun Moxiao and Ye Qingxian and asked, "Fellow Daoist, who are you? What brings you here?"
Jun Moxiao said, "I am the Hundred-Knowledge Sage of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths! I was passing through when I saw a pack of shameless, disgusting people bullying a boy, so I came to take a look. Who are you?"
The Fire Demon Palace leader said, "I am an elder of the Fire Demon Palace in Five Elements Province. That Human-Demon boy left our Heavenly Prodigy empty-handed in the Yuantian Secret Realm, so we came here to hold him accountable."
Jun Moxiao said, "But I heard you rounded up a band of cannon fodder and sent them ahead to clear the way and die for your Heavenly Prodigy, only to be killed by the very people they attacked. You can't blame anyone else for that!"
The Fire Demon Palace leader said, "This is a world where the strong reign supreme. How can those wandering cultivators compare to our clan's Heavenly Prodigy?"
Jun Moxiao said, "Oh, you're so noble, so extraordinary. Since you said