"Alas!" Xiao Hua sighed. He already understood perfectly well: since Xu Zhi did not know that Sun Cheng and Wu Han had died at Black Ruins Mountain, then those Immortal Soldiers and Generals stationed there by Sun Jian... had surely all been slaughtered by Sun Hao, leaving none alive. The Immortal Palace certainly would not leave such matters recorded in Tongming Hall. How could Xu Zhi possibly have guessed that he would fall into the Heavenly Prison?
Xiao Hua looked at Xu Zhi and Fairy Xingyue, then said word by word, "Black Ruins Mountain!"
"What?!" Upon hearing the three words "Black Ruins Mountain," both Xu Zhi and Fairy Xingyue turned pale with shock. Their bodies swayed, and they actually flew up from the cold jade stone as they cried in low voices, "You... you actually fell into the Heavenly Prison?!"
"Yes!" Xiao Hua nodded. "This junior was no match for Sun Cheng and Sun Hao. After desperately killing Sun Cheng in an ambush, this junior was also beaten into the Heavenly Prison by Sun Hao!"
"How is that possible? How is that possible?!" Fairy Xingyue repeated herself twice and cried, "You actually came out of the Heavenly Prison alive! There can actually still be someone in this world... no, there can actually still be a living being that emerges alive from the Heavenly Prison! This... this is simply inconceivable!"
Even the normally composed Xu Zhi could not suppress his agitation. He restrained the tremor in his voice and asked softly, "Xiao Hua, quickly tell us—what is inside the Heavenly Prison? And... how did you escape from it?"
"Alas..." Xiao Hua had long prepared his explanation. He sighed and said, "Seniors, it is not that this junior does not wish to tell you what lies inside, but this junior simply does