Xiao Hua snorted and waved his hand, gathering the jade slips into his grasp. He released his divine sense and roughly examined them, then asked curiously, "Strange. Why is there no challenge letter from Zhen Thunder Palace?"
"You are, after all, a disciple of our Zhen Thunder Palace!" Zhuo said calmly. "There were not many disciples from Zhen Thunder Palace that day to begin with, and it was only right and proper for you to teach them a lesson. Even their elders would not dare say much! But the other Thunder Palaces are another matter..."
"Hehe, so that's how it is!" Xiao Hua laughed. "It seems the disciples of our Zhen Thunder Palace are not a pack of muddleheaded fools after all!"
"What nonsense are you saying!" Zhuo reproached him. "I originally refused to accept these challenge letters, but they would not take them back. That was why I had Li'er collect them. Surely you do not truly intend to accept every challenge one by one?"
"Haha, Master's Wife, I was merely joking with them! How could they possibly be worthy of my taking action?" Xiao Hua rose to his feet. "Unless it is a meeting of life and death, my methods will only be turned against enemies, never against my own fellow disciples!"
Zhuo let out a long breath. She now understood the helplessness Wu Nai had felt back then. Seeing Xiao Hua behave with such understanding and reason, how could she not be pleased?
"Li'er, come. Your godfather has something to tell you!" Xiao Hua beckoned Xiang Zhili over, blinking his eyes again and again.
"Yes!" Xiang Zhili was overjoyed. Ignoring the challenge letters atop the jade table, he laughed as he leaped out from behind the jade chair.
"Master's Wife, this disciple will return to his cave