"Heh heh..." Ao Zhantian turned his head slightly and cast a sidelong glance at Shui Mingzi, who was looking at him. A strange expression appeared on his face as he transmitted, "So Fellow Daoist Shui did not come to the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons simply to rescue Xiao Hua, True Person Xiao?"
"At first, this old man naturally wanted to save Xiao Hua!" Having reached this point, Shui Mingzi no longer concealed anything and explained, "But while this old man was contacting the various fellow Daoists on Cangxian Continent, I suddenly discovered that there were truly quite a few cultivators at Mount Jade Terrace who had received Xiao Hua's grace!"
Ao Zhantian frowned. "The more cultivators who received True Person Xiao's favor, the better, no? Why did Fellow Daoist Shui not contact them? We could come rescue True Person Xiao together!"
Shui Mingzi smiled bitterly. "Fellow Daoist Ao, though we were saved by Xiao Hua that day, we had been forced by True Person Xiao to swear blood oaths of allegiance. Xiao Hua's schemes were no small matter!"
"This old man had heard of True Person Xiao's blood oath to establish a daoist sect, and later went to Tongzhu Kingdom as well. For some reason, that blood stele is still there, and no Confucian cultivator has dared overturn the blood stele upon which True Person Xiao swore his oath!" Ao Zhantian said meaningfully. "If this was True Person Xiao's intention, then even though this old man was forced, this old man would still be willing."
"That was then. What about now? Does Fellow Daoist Ao still think so?" Shui Mingzi looked at Ao Zhantian and transmitted with a smile, "Now that Xiao Hua has been suppressed, there are extremely many Daoist sect cultivators on Cangxian Continent who have