Xuan Songzi gave a bitter smile, landed atop the flying carriage, and sat down cross-legged. In a low voice, he asked, "May I ask where True Person Xiao is headed? And where did you encounter Xuan Yanming, the ruler of Jingqin Kingdom?"
When Xiao Hua said that he had come to attend the Yaotai Gathering and had encountered Xuan Yanming nearby, Xuan Songzi sighed even more deeply and said with great emotion, "Alas, it is all because this Daoist was fated thus! Had this Daoist encountered True Person half a day earlier, I fear I would not have suffered such a calamity."
"Oh? You mean..." Xiao Hua understood. "You were also headed to the Yaotai Gathering? And you only encountered Xuan Yanming half a day ago?"
"Of course!" Xuan Songzi nodded. "Moreover, if this Daoist's guess is correct, Xuan Yanming and another Confucian cultivator were lying in ambush along the way, intercepting and killing fellow Daoists headed for Yaotai."
"They truly deserve to die!" Cruel light flickered in Xiao Hua's eyes. He knew that the other two Nascent Souls must have shared his own purpose.
Yet Xiao Hua was puzzled again. Looking at Xuan Songzi, he asked in a low voice, "But Xuan Yanming is a Confucian cultivator. What does he want with the Nascent Souls of us Daoist sect cultivators?"
"That is beyond this Daoist's knowledge!" Xuan Songzi gritted his teeth. "Did Xuan Yanming not have an accomplice? That person must also be from Jingqin Kingdom. Once we find him, we will naturally know."
"Mm, there will surely be a chance in the future!" Xiao Hua nodded, then looked around. "But for now, this Xiao should first attend the Yaotai Gathering."
"Oh? True Person Xiao, this is..." Xuan Songzi looked at Xiao Hua in confusion.
Xiao Hua smiled bitterly.