"Is that... something I need to tell you?" Xiao Hua snapped irritably. "You still haven't answered my question!"
Still, Xiao Hua was delighted inside. As-You-Wish Staff, As-You-Wish Staff—he had truly plucked that name out of thin air, a gift from heaven. He had merely blurted it out, yet it actually sounded rather nice.
"Hmph, you haven't even said what the question is. How is Cui supposed to answer?" Cui Hongshen shot back without the slightest courtesy.
"Pfft." It was none other than Zhen Huo, unable to hold back a laugh.
"Um... I was scared!" Zhen Huo said in a low voice. "I was afraid the giant would come back!"
"Hmph, this is how scared you are? Show Uncle-Master how scared you are again! If you can't manage to be scared, do you believe Uncle-Master will carry you to that giant twenty li away?" Xiao Hua scolded irritably. "At such a young age, you learn nothing useful—only how to spin lies!"
"Yes, yes!" Zhen Huo said in panic. "This disciple was wrong. Uncle-Master Xiao, please don't be angry!"
"Tch, why take your anger out on a child?" Cui Hongshen could not tell whether Xiao Hua was cursing the locust tree while pointing at the mulberry, so he could only respond, "How do you know there's a giant twenty li away? I remember Master saying that your divine sense was stimulated by the Jade Qilin Fruit. There's no reason for your divine sense to reach farther than Cui's!"
"Why should I tell you the reason? What if I was lying?" Xiao Hua rolled his eyes at him. "You still haven't answered my question, have you?"
"Say the question already!" Cui Hongshen was getting a little anxious.
"Those Joyful Sect, Kunlun Sect, Ascension Gate, and Lanli Sect disciples who fled... how will they