Xiao Hua collected the Beimeng Xi Shui while keeping an eye on the stone wall in Zhang Daoran's direction. At this moment, Zhang Daoran's disciples and several cultivators who had been with Xue Ping emerged from beneath that wall. There were even three Nascent Soul cultivators Xiao Hua did not recognize. Yet Zhang Daoran himself still had not appeared.
Xiao Hua frowned slightly.
"Whoosh..." Amid the surging cloud patterns, another Nascent Soul cultivator flew in. This cultivator was broad-shouldered and powerfully built, with fair skin and rather thick brows. Like the other three Nascent Soul cultivators, he did not open his eyes. He merely chose a spot, sat cross-legged, and meditated on his insights. Nothing seemed unusual.
"How strange. There are four as well... No, there's one extra low-level cultivator!" Xiao Hua gazed in puzzlement at the cultivators below the stone wall. "Could these four Nascent Soul cultivators have come for the same reason as Fairy Xuming? At the Yaotai Gathering, this Xiao slew True Person Chu Feng and True Person Xiangtian. True Person Yuanqing had already said he would spread news of their deaths. Fairy Xuming came to avenge True Person Chu Feng, so the one seeking revenge for True Person Xiangtian... would naturally be Fairy Xiangfeng? But among these four Nascent Soul cultivators, there doesn't seem to be a single woman!"
"Oh, perhaps..." When Xiao Hua saw that unfamiliar low-level cultivator, he understood somewhat. "Perhaps these four Nascent Souls were invited by this cultivator! Still, no matter what, this Xiao must be careful..."
Yet just then, "Rumble..." A tremendous quake rose once more from every corner of the cave manor, shaking the entire place. Before Xiao Hua's eyes, the pool water, which had shown no sign of diminishing just moments ago, vanished in an instant!
"Brother Xiao? Wh-what