"Hehe..." Only then did Bone Tempering Xiao Hua turn his head and look at Xiao Hua with a smile. "I began cultivating near the passageway, but after a while, I suddenly felt that these Stone Giants were rather pitiful. Guarding this lava, they were actually about to starve to death. So I simply came down into the depths of the lava to take a look, to see whether I could find some essence stones for them! In the end, I found the essence stones, and I also discovered these white bones!"
"Oh?" Xiao Hua was inwardly startled. He looked at Bone Tempering Xiao Hua in surprise and even sized him up several times.
Bone Tempering Xiao Hua was somewhat puzzled. "What is it, fellow Daoist? Is there something wrong with me?"
With a smile on his face, Xiao Hua asked, "When did this feeling... begin?"
"What feeling?" Bone Tempering Xiao Hua froze and asked in return.
"The feeling that those Stone Giants are pitiful," Xiao Hua replied.
"Just now!" Bone Tempering Xiao Hua was truly like a monk standing ten feet tall, unable to touch his own head.
"Congratulations, fellow Daoist! Congratulations!" Xiao Hua cupped his hands. "You have developed a compassionate heart. You are not far from becoming a true... person!"
"Hehe, really?" Bone Tempering Xiao Hua somewhat embarrassedly scratched his bald skull and replied sheepishly.
Xiao Hua asked with great interest, "If you were asked to control the Heavenly Human White Bone again now, how confident would you be?"
After pondering briefly, Bone Tempering Xiao Hua seemed to understand something and nodded. "I naturally do not have much confidence now, but I seem to have gained some courage! I dare to control the Heavenly Human White Bone!"
"Excellent!" Xiao Hua clapped his hands and laughed. "Previously, I had