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 monarch 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 feeling, "Alas, it was all because my fate was thus! Had I encountered True Person half a day earlier, I fear I would not have suffered such a calamity."
"Oh? You mean..." Xiao Hua understood. "Fellow Daoist was also headed to the Yaotai Gathering? And only encountered Xuan Yanming half a day ago?"
"Indeed!" Xuan Songzi nodded. "Moreover, if my guess is correct, Xuan Yanming and another Confucian cultivator were lying in ambush along the way, intercepting and killing fellow Daoists headed for Yaotai."
"Damnable indeed!" Cruel light flashed in Xiao Hua's eyes. He knew that the other two Nascent Souls must have shared the same purpose as himself.
Yet immediately afterward, Xiao Hua was puzzled. 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 my knowledge!" Xuan Songzi gritted his teeth. "Doesn't Xuan Yanming have an accomplice? He must also be from Jingqin Kingdom. Once we find that person, we will naturally know."
"Mm, there will surely be an opportunity later." Xiao Hua nodded and 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. "This Xiao got lost! I cannot find where