"This was only the first reason," Murong Jiang said after some thought, nodding. "Not only might you have acted too hastily; this old man was also somewhat impatient. As for the second, this old man feels that Xiao Hua seemed different from before. This old man was not certain he could kill him."
Murong Congyun shook her head slightly. "How could that be? It has only been two hundred years. I have progressed at lightning speed; could he possibly have surpassed me by an entire rank?"
"Only Xiao Hua himself could know that," Murong Jiang drawled. "There is also a third reason. Was he not suppressed by the Demon King of Biqingyu? How did he suddenly appear here? We have left the Cangxian Continent, and some information is no longer reaching us in time. I fear something happened in the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons that we do not know about."
"Damn it!" Murong Congyun cursed under her breath. "I understand now. It must have been some family that got ahead of us and reached an agreement with the Great Sacred Hall, rescuing Xiao Hua. That is why he dared speak to Seventh Great-Uncle like that. And it must be because that family is here that Xiao Hua came along with them."
Murong Jiang was stunned again, then nodded. "Correct, it must be so. Those who can speak with the Great Sacred Hall are either first-rate families or families subordinate to first-rate families. The Four Great Families are not within Star Picking Tower, so it can only be a subordinate family. Back in the Divine Demon Blood Swamp, the Gongshu, Duanmu, Huangfu, Changsun, Yuwen, Kong, and Meng families were all present. It is likely one of those families."
"I am going out for a walk," Murong Congyun said, unable