Seeing Chang Qingzi recognize him at a glance, Xiao Hua was not surprised. Even You Yun of Yifeng Kingdom and Sima Minghong of the Sima family had heard of his name; as a Daoist cultivator, Chang Qingzi could not possibly lack an image of him. It was only that Xiao Hua did not know what a mighty hero he had become through True Lord Qingxu's deliberate efforts.
"You may all rise!" Xiao Hua raised his hand and smiled. "I never expected this Xiao's reputation to spread so quickly. Even fellow Daoists in Xuzhou know of it."
"True Person, you are far too modest!" Chang Qingzi said with an ingratiating smile. "At Black Wind Ridge, True Person slew more than ten thousand Heavenly soldiers, then displayed divine might and defeated True Lord Qingyuan, causing the Immortal Palace to lose all face. You truly vented our Daoist sect's grievances on Cangxian Continent. Who upon Cangxian Continent does not know True Person Xiao's great name now? Who does not wish to behold True Person Xiao's bearing?"
"Alas, how could the battle at Black Wind Ridge have been as perilous as fellow Daoist says?" Xiao Hua waved his hand. "This Xiao knew he was no match for True Lord Qingyuan. I merely took one of his Immortal generals hostage and used that to force him to open the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net. This Xiao only barely escaped with his life!"
How could Chang Qingzi believe that? He smiled. "True Person Xiao, you jest. True Lord Qingyuan bore an order from the Immortal Palace to level Black Wind Ridge. How could he possibly spare True Person over the life of one Immortal general? True Person's heroic deeds have already spread across Cangxian Continent. There is no need for True Person to conceal anything further!"