When Fairy Qiu mentioned the Jade Seal Inscription, Xiao Hua's heart stirred. Smiling, he said, "Hehe, Fairy Qiu is right! This Xiao pondered bitterly for a long time, not knowing how to help the two of you remove the poison. But those words 'inscription' suddenly enlightened me. If you two fellow immortals trust me, this Xiao may try to remove it. However... I cannot guarantee success."
"Really?" Gusu Qiuran was overjoyed.
Yet Zhai Xingzi frowned slightly and looked at Xiao Hua. "True Person Xiao, if we do not go to Fu Zhiwen's place, can you... help us remove the poison?"
Xiao Hua looked at Zhai Xingzi and answered solemnly, "Does Fellow Daoist Zhai Xing think this Xiao is cut from the same cloth as old man Huode? This Xiao simply never knew where to begin with the detoxification. Only after hearing Fairy Qiu's words did I understand that this Corrosive Heart and Bone Poison was refined by the Immortal Palace, so it must be approached from the perspective of Confucian cultivator techniques..."
"But..." Gusu Qiuran nodded like a chick pecking at grain. "Yes, yes, but does True Person Xiao... understand our Confucian cultivator techniques?"
"Hehe, Fairy Qiu need not trouble herself over that. Let this Xiao consider it carefully first!" As he spoke, Xiao Hua waved his hand and pulled the two of them up from the boulder again. Auspicious clouds rose beneath his feet, carrying them toward Fu Zhiwen's wooden house.
A day later, Xiao Hua brought Zhai Xingzi and Gusu Qiuran before the wooden house Fu Zhiwen had built. Looking at the tiny cabin and then at the cave in the stone wall, Zhai Xingzi and Gusu Qiuran knew Xiao Hua had not been lying. When Fu Zhiwen stepped forward to pay his respects, both of them wore