Peng Yeyu glanced at Li Xu and said with a smile, "I am an envoy personally appointed by the Sect Leader. If I did not have messages that went straight to the Sect Leader, how could I be called an envoy? If your Huiming Hall knew everything... then the Sect Leader would..."
Peng Yeyu did not finish the rest. Turning back to Meng, he said, "Miss Zixia, board the boat first. This envoy will take you to see the Sect Leader."
Meng looked at him, then flicked her eyes briefly toward Li Xu before stepping onto the large boat without haste.
Li Xu opened his mouth to stop her, but his raised hand slowly fell again.
"Hall Master Li, this envoy went to receive punishment at your place and injured his meridians. Naturally, there is something wrong with my voice; it is nothing unusual." Only after Meng reached the side of the large boat did Peng Yeyu turn back and say, "Besides... tonight's password was personally decided by Hall Master Li, was it not?"
Li Xu was somewhat baffled. He nodded and said, "Indeed. May I ask, Envoy Peng, is there something inappropriate about it?"
"There is nothing inappropriate. It is excellent. It is only that certain people, if they do not understand elegance and charm, should not play at being refined!"
Li Xu flew into a rage. "My 'Night Rain Whispers' password..."
Yet the moment he spoke the password aloud, he immediately understood. He looked at Peng Yeyu, a strange expression appearing in his eyes.
Peng Yeyu cupped his hands. "Hall Master Li, this envoy will be leaving the island for a while. The Sect Leader sent word that, in her haste to leave the island, the Incense-Passing Cult dispatched two envoys and only questioned one of them about