"Mm, there is no need to say more now. Explain everything carefully in a while!" Xiao Hua had long noticed that Xiao Jian, Yuan Ya, Qin Xiaoyao, and the others were absent, as were the people from Jiang Kingdom. He already understood something in his heart and waved his hand.
"Yes!" Xiong Yi did not dare say more and retreated to the side of Black Wind Ridge. Led by Shui Mingzi and Ao Zhantian, both at the late Nascent Soul stage, a group of cultivators also flew over to pay their respects to Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua looked at these cultivators with a smile and returned their greetings one by one. On Black Wind Ridge, Li Xiang and Xiong Yi counted as his own people, while Shui Mingzi, Ao Zhantian, and the others were guests. Xiao Hua still had more than enough patience for them.
After the greetings were finished, Xiao Hua smiled. "You two fellow Daoists have kept your word and arrived at Black Wind Ridge early. However, it seems that quite a few fellow Daoists... have failed to honor the agreement."
"Mm, True Person Xiao is correct." Ao Zhantian nodded. "The cultivators gathered at Black Wind Ridge today are thirty percent fewer than before. Some cultivators truly did not take the blood oath to heart."
Shui Mingzi, beside him, smiled. "Naturally, they likely have their own difficulties. We should discuss this matter properly with True Person Xiao in a while."
"Good!" Xiao Hua raised his head and looked above Black Wind Ridge. The brocade chair he had kept in the cave residence had already been brought out and placed there. Liu Yi and Wang Zhengfei stood on either side of it, while the area several yards before the chair had long been cleared. No one dared approach too