Xiao Hua naturally knew this was Xu Zhi being modest. Just as he was about to speak, Fairy Xingyue at his side sneered coldly, "I knew you would say that. You were only an academy judge for a few days, yet you already learned hypocrisy. If you did not know what would happen today, how could you have handed that jade pupil to that member of the Demon Race?"
"Xu did not say he failed to divine today's events. Xu merely said he had not divined them so clearly," Xu Zhi answered without anger. His tone, paired with his transcendent bearing, naturally gave rise to an indescribable pride.
"Hmph, in short, you're still a hypocrite!" Fairy Xingyue said somewhat imperiously. She snorted through her nostrils in disdain, looking no different from worldly young lovers bickering in a fit of pique.
Unfortunately, Xu Zhi did not take the bait. Ignoring Fairy Xingyue, he continued to look at Xiao Hua and asked, "Xiao Hua, Fairy Xingyue must have already explained everything to you clearly. This journey to Star Moon Palace is of utmost importance to us. Of course, to you... it should also be an immense opportunity. Since that is so, you and I should no longer have any reservations or concealments! Even if this trip to Star Moon Palace yields nothing, among the cultivators of the Three Great Continents who can stand shoulder to shoulder with us... the only one worthy of our notice is you. Therefore, we should be even more candid in facing one another..."
"Bad luck, bad luck..." Before Xu Zhi could finish again, Fairy Xingyue cried out several times. She even spat on the ground a few times and said, "We have not even seen Star Moon Palace, and you are already saying such unlucky things! Could