"Mm..." Xiao Hua nodded slightly, glanced at Linghu Pizheng, and said, "I understand! You needn't concern yourself with it!"
Linghu Pizheng said with a placating smile, "Then this junior can rest easy! While begging your pardon... this junior also wishes to ask, Senior, if you wish to establish a nation, a single National Teacher's token would suffice! And if you establish more than four hundred Daoist sect countries at once, it will invite endless trouble..."
Xiao Hua looked at Linghu Pizheng and smiled. "Hall Master Linghu, do you wish to know the reason?"
"Yes, Senior. If Senior is willing to offer guidance, this junior would be endlessly grateful!" Linghu Pizheng nodded respectfully.
"This old man can tell you! But first, you must tell this old man one thing!" Xiao Hua's gaze fell upon Linghu Pizheng. That lightning-like gaze gave Linghu Pizheng a start, as though he had recalled something. After a brief hesitation, he said in a low voice, "So long as it does not involve the Immortal Palace's private secrets, this junior will certainly report truthfully!"
Sure enough, Xiao Hua asked, "Tell this old man: why were there only ten National Teacher's tokens at the Yaotai Gathering that this Xiao attended back then? Why were three grand formations laid across all of Yaotai Mountain at once? What exactly was your purpose in hunting down our Daoist Nascent Souls?"
Linghu Pizheng had a splitting headache and said with a forced smile, "Senior, this junior does know about the matters you mentioned, but... this junior knows very little. Moreover, this junior truly dares not reveal anything to Senior! I ask Senior for understanding!"
Had Linghu Pizheng kept making excuses, Xiao Hua might have used some divine ability to inspect Linghu Pizheng's memories. Yet Linghu Pizheng was being so forthright that Xiao