"This Golden Core cultivator's self-destruction... was simply too powerful! If not for the Innate True Water and the Seven Star Great Formation holding it in check, I would surely have been seriously injured!" Xiao Hua put away the Buddha Sarira, then found the seven scattered flying swords among the nearby mountain peaks and stored them in his Sword Pouch. Only then did he look at the devastated valley and sigh. "I thought I could fish a storage bag out of Li Chengxu, but it turned into drawing water with a bamboo basket—nothing but emptiness! Aside from that golden bowl which had been knocked down long ago and some sturdy refining materials, everything was destroyed. Even that fellow's magical treasure pipa vanished! Had I known this, I should have trapped him with Sleeve Universe!"
But that was all he could do—think about it. The situation had been so urgent. Even while fleeing for his life, he had been injured by the shockwave. Had he used Sleeve Universe, he would certainly have ended up seriously wounded as well!
After gathering up all the miscellaneous remnants, Xiao Hua sat cross-legged on the ground and thought to himself, True Person Du'e? Why was he asking about me? But it might not necessarily have been me! A cultivator who may have achieved great mastery in body cultivation, one who may have no foundation, one whose cultivation may have advanced beyond imagination, one whose cultivation may not be high but whose magical power far surpasses others of the same rank... Damn it, every one of them sounds like he's looking for me!!! Hiss~
At that thought, Xiao Hua shuddered and nearly sprang up from the ground. "Could it... could it be the cultivator who sealed my Niwan Palace???"
But he immediately shook his head slightly. "That