Jiu Xia spoke up for Fairy Hongxia, leaving Xiao Hua and the others unable to answer. Jiu Xia always had a way of talking people into submission until they had nothing to say. Helpless, Xiao Hua brushed it off. "However, before cultivation and strength, all schemes and stratagems... are nothing but emptiness!"
"Brother-in-law, those words are naturally right! But who in this world would dare claim... that their own strength surpasses all under heaven?" As though his words had struck some hidden pain, Jiu Xia spoke mournfully. "Even those capable of setting foot into Tribulation Transcendence and Mahayana would not dare be as arrogant as Brother-in-law! After all, beyond the heavens are still heavens, and beyond men are still men. One moment of carelessness..."
Jiu Xia's voice was sorrowful, and everyone's hearts ached for her. Fairy Hongxia hurriedly reached out. "Younger Sister..."
"Sigh! Your little sister was merely overcome by emotion for a moment..." Jiu Xia hastily piled a smile onto her face. Looking toward Ye Yu, who had vanished into the night rain in the distance, she said, "Of course, if Brother-in-law were facing that worthless Soul Cultivator, he would indeed have the bearing to say such words!"
Jiu Xia's forced smile only softened everyone's hearts further. No one could bear to respond.
Jiu Xia blinked, then said, "But this is a time when sword cultivators and Soul Cultivators are locked in battle. Ye Yu is heading into Million Meng Mountain under cover of night—could there be some secret behind it? Brother-in-law, aren't you going to follow him and take a look?"
Xiao Hua and the others came back to their senses. After considering it briefly, they smiled bitterly. "Ye Yu is so mysterious. Though this Xiao is not afraid of him, there's no reason to go looking for