Xiao Hua naturally did not take Duanmu Qing seriously, nor would he idly bicker with him. With a slight smile, Xiao Hua raised a hand and took a silk handkerchief from his robes. "Since this Xiao can say such things, I naturally have grounds for them. I will not be like certain people, whose mouths are full of nonsense, treating a single word as truth..."
As he spoke, Xiao Hua held the handkerchief out before Gongshu Yiming. "Miss Yiming, take a look. Would this be of use to your cultivation of the Five Qi True Thunder?"
"Th-this is??" Seeing that what Xiao Hua had produced was neither the Min Lei Bead nor the same Lightning Derivation Wood, but a silk handkerchief, not only was Gongshu Yixin stunned, even Gongshu Yiming blushed faintly and looked at Xiao Hua in confusion. After all, handkerchiefs were usually personal items for female cultivators, and gifting one between a man and a woman carried a different implication.
"Damn it..." Others might have been confused, but Duanmu Qing was fit to burst with rage. He had already assumed that Xiao Hua was publicly expressing something to Gongshu Yiming—flirting right in front of him!!
"Xiao Hua, what do you mean by this?!" Gongshu Yixin was still as blunt as ever. "I told you to take out the Min Lei Bead, yet you... why did you bring out this thing?"
"Why doesn't Miss Yixin take a look first?" Xiao Hua turned and smiled at Gongshu Yixin. "Your attainments in formations are considerable as well. I presume you can tell!"
"Oh..." Gongshu Yixin glanced at Gongshu Jingye. Gongshu Jingye merely watched with a smiling squint and did not state his position. He had been young once too; how could he not understand the jealousy and rivalry between young people?