"By the way, Fellow Daoist Xiao, did you come out this time to gain experience?" Cai Zhuoxia asked again.
"No!" Xiao Hua shook his head. "I have some business to attend to... at Yaonong Peak."
Thinking that he might need to ask Cai Zhuoxia for Yaonong Peak's location later, Xiao Hua revealed a little.
"Oh, Fellow Daoist Xiao is going to the Hundred Herbs Sect! What a pity..." Disappointment colored Cai Zhuoxia's voice, though a trace of envy shone in her eyes. Clearly, the Hundred Herbs Sect was also one of the "famous sects of Xi Kingdom" she had mentioned.
"A pity?" Xiao Hua froze slightly and asked curiously, "Why is that?"
"This..." Cai Zhuoxia hesitated. "Since Fellow Daoist Xiao has business to attend to, it must be inconvenient. Let us not mention this matter!"
Xiao Hua suddenly understood. Cai Zhuoxia had said earlier that she wanted to tell him something, yet she had never said it. It must have been this matter she now said was best left unmentioned.
"Very well. If Fellow Daoist Cai finds it inconvenient, then there is no need to mention it." Xiao Hua smiled.
"Sigh, actually... if Fellow Daoist Xiao went, you would be the most suitable person possible. But... the timing of fate is poor, and there is nothing to be done!" Cai Zhuoxia still sighed, feeling deeply regretful. "However, if Fellow Daoist Xiao has no time now, would you have time to make a trip to Hundred Zhang Peak half a year from now?"
"Hundred Zhang Peak... where is it?"
After Cai Zhuoxia explained its location, Xiao Hua fell into thought. From her tone, and from what had happened with the Pilan Twin Bears earlier, he vaguely felt that something was amiss. He therefore pressed further, "If I cannot go, what if