Xiao Hua's words had naturally been a joke, but upon hearing them, Xue Ping felt greatly reassured. He hurriedly set down the spiritual fruit and said respectfully, "For your information, Senior, this junior is no longer a Left General. Oh, rather, this junior is no longer in Nanpu Commandery of Xiguo."
"Oh?" Xiao Hua raised his brows in surprise. "You were doing quite well in Nanpu Commandery of Xiguo. Why did you go elsewhere?"
At this point, Xiao Hua hurriedly smiled again. "Oh, right, I remember I still had an agreement with you! But I truly had no time to get away, which was why I kept delaying it. Rest assured... Eh? Could it be that you already went? And returned laden with spoils, which was why you no longer served in Xiguo?"
"That is not what you think, Senior!" Xue Ping hurriedly waved his hands. "Without an expert like you to lead me, this junior would not dare go there rashly. If... if Senior has leisure in the future and wishes to take a look there, this junior is willing to lead you."
"So that was it!" Xiao Hua scratched his chin and nodded. "After the Yaotai Gathering, I should have some leisure. If you have time, how about you and I go together?"
"Excellent, excellent!" Xue Ping was overjoyed, to the point that he seemed not to know what to do with his hands.
Xiao Hua looked at Xue Ping with a half-smile. "Xue Ping, could it be that you chased me all the way to Yaotai Mountain to make me fulfill our agreement?"
Xue Ping hurriedly suppressed his delight and said with an ingratiating smile, "Senior Xiao, you have misunderstood. How could this junior have known that you would come to Yaotai Mountain? This junior merely followed