"There was nothing left!" Gen Qing's expression was equally dim. He had always been a sentimental man, and seeing Xiao Hua, whom he thought so highly of, reduced to such a state had long since broken his heart. Otherwise, he would not have set aside the affairs of Jade Slip Hall to personally deliver the Life Spirit Tablet. He said in a low voice, "Next, the sect's guard disciples must search you! So long as there is nothing belonging to our Thunder Control Sect in your storage bag or on your person, you... may leave the mountain! Once you walk out of Qiong Lei Peak, from this day onward, you will no longer be a disciple of the Thunder Control Sect!!!"
"Fine!" Xiao Hua turned around and called out, "Which fellow cultivator will come inspect me?"
"Alas~" Gen Qing glanced around and called out, "Xiao Hua was once a meritorious disciple of our Thunder Control Sect, and even more so the famed Terrifying Phoenix of the Dao Sword Great Battle! If those of your cultivation search him, you would only needlessly sully Xiao Hua and tarnish the name of the Terrifying Phoenix! Let this old man do it personally. If Great Thunder Hall assigns blame, this old man will bear it all!"
"Yes, this disciple understands!" Several qi cultivation disciples who had been about to move, along with even some Foundation Establishment disciples, stopped and replied respectfully.
Xiao Hua reached out, removed the only storage bag at his waist, handed it to Gen Qing, and smiled. "Please have a look, Martial Uncle!"
"Mm~" Gen Qing took it and inspected it. He could not help but smile. "Your storage bag is completely empty. What is there to see?"
He then tossed it to a Foundation Establishment disciple. "You all take a