Yet at that very moment, a familiar figure slowly rose from the ground. Compared to Xiao Hua's speed, his flight was nothing more than a baby's toddling steps!
The moment that person flew into the air, he began waving his arms and shouting wildly. Unfortunately, not a trace of sound came out; there were only hoarse, inarticulate "yi yi ya ya" noises!
Needless to say, this person was Zhong Haoran.
Xiao Hua frowned. He had made Zhong Haoran swear a heart oath that he would absolutely not reveal how Xiao Hua had given him the Sky Mending Pill. If Zhong Haoran had come out now and were able to speak, he would probably have already shouted the matter aloud!
"Zhong Haoran, what are you doing?" Still, remembering Zhong Haoran's deep devotion, Xiao Hua sent him a low voice transmission. "Do not forget your heart oath!"
Zhong Haoran bent his knees slightly, but he could not kneel in midair. With an earnest look on his face, he took out a jade slip and respectfully presented it before Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua accepted it without examining it. Instead, his divine sense and Buddhist consciousness swept lightly over the area. Among the many Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered around Zhong Tianyao, Zhong Peihan was conspicuously present as well. However, Zhong Peihan and several other female cultivators were protected amid the male cultivators.
Xiao Hua looked over Zhong Haoran's jade slip and considered whether to unseal his mute acupoint. Yet Zhong Haoran descended again, and the instant his feet touched the ground, he knelt down and began kowtowing once more!
"Zhong Haoran, you..." Xiao Hua gave a bitter smile and transmitted his voice. "You actually dared to come plead for your Family Head, risking the breaking of your heart oath! Do you know... how your