When Changge and Chen Chen saw that it was Zhang Xiaohua, their faces relaxed as well. Still holding their Long Swords, they went to the door and cautiously poked their heads out to inspect the surroundings before returning.
Zhang Xiaohua secretly chuckled. He had entered using Earth Escape—what use was there in checking the doorway?
"What? Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, why are you so nervous?" Zhang Xiaohua asked with a laugh.
Who would have thought that Changge was no longer as shy as before? She said solemnly, "This time, our Misty Sect has returned to Pingyang City by taking the enemy by surprise. Of course we must be cautious. If the Righteous Path Alliance gets even the slightest hint, not only will many of our brothers in the sect be killed or wounded, whether we can seize Misty Mountain Villa will also become a question! Tell me, how could we not be nervous?"
"Right, Zhang Xiaohua, weren't you refining pills at Yi Xiang Peak? How did you come here?" Chen Chen softly asked from the side. "Could it be... Abbess Jingyi sent you here... oh, sent Inner Sect disciples to help us again? And also, the little dog and little ferret on your shoulder... are they the ones I held in You Lan Gorge? They... don't seem to have grown much!"
As she spoke, Chen Chen curiously looked at Xiao Huang and Xiaohei standing on Zhang Xiaohua's shoulder.
The two little creatures merely paced about on Zhang Xiaohua's shoulder, their eyes occasionally looking at Zhang Xiaohu and the other two, yet they showed no intention of acknowledging them.
"Hehe, you asked so many questions at once. How am I supposed to answer?" Zhang Xiaohua laughed. He stroked Xiaohei and said, "They're those two little things. I don't know either... they