"Surely it wasn't as serious as you thought, was it?" True Person Yuanqing shook his head slightly and looked thoughtfully toward where Xiao Hua had vanished.
"Perhaps it wasn't that serious, but we must consider it that way." Hai Hongzi did not abandon his stance and explained, "If we do not interfere, then even if we fail to obtain the Qing Ming Dragon Saliva, we can still return alive from the Yaotai Gathering. But once we intervene, it will surely be a dead end!"
Hong Songzi looked at True Person Yuanqing, helplessness flickering in both their eyes. Hai Hongzi was right. Though Xiao Hua was a great help, he was also a formidable rival. The drawbacks of cooperating with Xiao Hua outweighed the benefits.
"Let's go..." True Person Yuanqing waved his hand. "As we discussed earlier, once we enter Yaotai Mountain, immediately activate the magic treasure Fellow Daoist Hai refined, find one another, and then join forces to seek treasures."
Hong Songzi and Hai Hongzi both nodded. The three flew separately into the Dragon Gate.
What they did not know was that behind layers upon layers of crimson clouds, Kong Hongwu was likewise looking in puzzlement at the place where Xiao Hua had disappeared. He thought, How could this Xiao Hua be so outrageously bold? Even True Lord Qingxu dared not enter, yet he actually came? Could there be secrets among these thousands of cultivators that this old man does not know? Hmph, since you have come, I'll let you learn this old man's prowess. If I can obtain clues about Ancestor Hongmeng from your mouth, that would be a tremendous merit indeed!
Kong Hongwu's figure soon vanished as well.
At the foot of Yaotai Mountain, fewer and fewer Daoist sect cultivators remained gathered. The twenty percent of cultivators who