"Damn it!" Xiao Hua cursed unusually. "For some reason, this Xiao seems to be feeling restless and irritable!"
"Daoist, that coachman and that Young Master Duanmu deserved to die. If the Dragon Horses had not stopped in time, we would have been killed or injured!" Liu Yi also encouraged Xiao Hua from the side. "This lowly one has seen plenty of spoiled young masters riding their horses through the streets and trampling children to death!"
"Hehe, if Senior were as young as you, naturally you could be so impulsive!" Xiao Jian smiled. "But Senior is an accomplished cultivator; you could not possibly act on a fit of temper. Perhaps... Senior saw Dao Shan's miserable state, then witnessed the splendor of Bright Moon Quarter, and resentment arose in your heart?"
"Mm, that must be it!" After giving it some thought, Xiao Hua immediately understood and nodded slightly. Though the difference in reaction to that whip had been no more than a twitch, the difference beneath it was enormous. He had never been overly impulsive before. At this moment... this was the only explanation!
Xiao Hua had reasoned it out, but was the matter really so simple? Was it truly because of such reasons as rejoicing over things and grieving for oneself??
"Then... shall we..." Liu Yi blinked and muttered softly as well.
"Forget all that!" Xiao Hua waved a hand and looked at the Star Picking Tower they had reached. "When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a road. With so many people watching, could we simply leave?"
"Of course..." Xiao Hua's tone shifted, and he smiled. "Even if we are leaving, we must first enter the Star Picking Tower, then talk!"
As he spoke, Xiao Hua's eyes began wandering about again.
"Hehe, Daoist, you elders go in first.