"Hehe, do you two fellow Daoists want to live?" Xiao Hua asked with a smile.
"Indeed, indeed!" Zhan Yu nodded like a chick pecking at grain.
"Then clearly explain why you came here!" Xiao Hua continued. "Don't give me any nonsense about righteousness or justice. I have no taste for it!"
"This..." Zhan Yu hesitated and looked at Qian Yuming, who wore an equally troubled expression.
"Hehe, looks like you don't want to live." Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Hua slapped his hand against his storage bag and took out the Leaf Sun Fan!
"No, no..." Zhan Yu hurriedly waved his hands. "The three of us swore Heart Oaths long ago that we would not tell a fourth person about this matter..."
"It seems... Pu Jianyuan has already fallen. Hasn't your Heart Oath been broken as well? And besides... am I not the third person?" Xiao Hua asked with narrowed eyes and a smile.
"Hehe, exactly!" Qian Yuming caught on quickly and smacked his forehead. "The three of us swore the Heart Oath back then. Since Pu Jianyuan has fallen, the oath is naturally invalid!"
Even Zhan Yu felt the weight lift from his heart.
"Mm, then tell me the whole story," Xiao Hua said with a nod.
"Senior Xiao..." Qian Yuming said ingratiatingly. "May we transmit our voices?"
"Don't call me Senior. Fellow Daoist will do!" Xiao Hua nodded. "You may transmit your voices!"
"Yes, Fellow Daoist Xiao!" Zhan Yu glanced at Qian Yuming. "Fellow Daoist Qian, this matter began with you. You should tell it."
"Fine!" Qian Yuming nodded and transmitted the entire sequence of events to him. Xiao Hua's face was as still as water, revealing no reaction whatsoever, which left Zhan Yu and Qian Yuming deeply uneasy.
After Qian Yuming finished, Zhan Yu asked with a