Of course, that dark thought had only flashed through his mind! After all, Xiao Hua was an early Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he had no confidence of defeating him completely. Besides, as the saying went, Xiao Hua had already gone deep into the cave—there was truly no way to explain it!
"Ah, Fellow Daoist!" The city guard immediately changed his tune and hurriedly said, "It was all this lowly one's fault. Please go slowly, go slowly!!"
As he spoke, the city guard drifted after Xiao Hua.
"Where was your mistake? It was all this poor Daoist's fault!" Xiao Hua ignored him completely and did not slow his steps.
"Senior Brother, please do not leave! If you keep going... this lowly one's life will be forfeit!" The city guard was practically about to cry, his tone full of pleading.
"Oh?" Hearing that it concerned the man's life, Xiao Hua stopped and turned back coldly. "So now you know you were wrong?"
The city guard was somewhat startled. Xiao Hua was, like him, an early Foundation Establishment cultivator, and Xiao Hua's face was extremely youthful, seeming only around twenty years old—he looked younger even than the city guard's own martial nephews. Yet Xiao Hua's tone carried more majesty than even his master's! In that instant, the city guard nearly took Xiao Hua for a senior of the Golden Core realm.
"Yes, it truly was this lowly one's fault!" The city guard lightly shook his head and came back to his senses. He became even more respectful as he said, "This junior should not have been so... disrespectful toward Fellow Daoist!"
"You were wrong!" Xiao Hua waved his hand and shook his head. "It is not because you were disrespectful to this poor Daoist that I am displeased! Rather... it is your view