"Yes, everything will depend on you, Master!" Seeing Xiao Hua so calm, everyone felt their confidence swell beyond measure.
With a beckoning hand, Xiao Hua drew Liu Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, through the air to his side. Liu Yi did not dare rise and kowtowed. "Disciple Liu Yi pays respects to Master. This disciple failed to manage the cave dwelling properly and caused such trouble. I beg Master to punish me!"
"Hehe, there is no need to be so cautious!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. "You have done well. I will give you a surprise later! But tell me, how did you know Qin Qingyu would abduct Princess Changling?"
Liu Yi looked somewhat bashful and said in a low voice, "Please allow this lowly one to report this matter to Master privately another day!"
"Oh? Very well!" Xiao Hua smiled again, raised his hand, and produced a bottle of pills that flew before Liu Yi. "Get up. You have done well, and today you deserve the greatest merit. I bestow these pills upon you. Once you have entered the gate of cultivation in the future, you may take them!"
How clever was Liu Yi? When he heard Xiao Hua mention "once you have entered the gate of cultivation," how could he not know that Xiao Hua had already found a method for him to cultivate? Excitement filled his face as he carefully accepted the jade bottle and tucked it away, then bowed down once more.
"Qin Xiaoyao..." Xiao Hua suddenly asked again, "Have you come to a decision regarding the question I asked you just now?"
Seeing how decisive and swift Xiao Hua was, and how greatly his thoughts leaped from one matter to another, Qin Xiaoyao gritted his teeth and knelt in midair. "Master, this