"Tch..." Xiao Hua sneered. "Don't make yourself sound so farsighted. Back then, Immortal Emperor Gouchen had not yet obtained the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin! If you had known it was in this Xiao's hands, I imagine you would not have sent Nangong Jingyin to some Pixiang Hall. Instead, you would have sent some Nangong woman or other to throw herself into this Xiao's arms! After currying favor with Immortal Emperor Gouchen, you learned that the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin was in this Xiao's and Wenqu's hands. Then you realized you had fallen into Immortal Emperor Gouchen's scheme, so you simply turned his own scheme against him, preparing to ambush this Xiao and Wenqu here and seize the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin! And if nothing unexpected happens, the Dongfang Noble House, Ximen Noble House, and Beiming Noble House... should all be appearing as well, shouldn't they?"
The moment Xiao Hua finished speaking, an even more imposing figure appeared beside Nangong Tianzhi. This man stood over ten feet tall, with graying hair. As his eyes opened and closed, an unusual glint unlike that of ordinary people flashed within them. Pale golden light flowed through those eyes, like two rising suns. Surprise tinged his full-moon face as he looked at Xiao Hua, and a voice as majestic as an Immortal Emperor's rang out. "Xiao Hua, this old man underestimated you!"
"Alas..." Xiao Hua looked at the newcomer and sighed. "Dongfang Qionghao, this Xiao overestimated you! Back in Star Moon Palace, this Xiao had already made everything clear to Dongfang Yushan. Yet unexpectedly... you still came!"
"Yushan and the others are merely the public disciples of my Dongfang Noble House!" Dongfang Qionghao replied with a faint smile. "Just as Brother Tianzhi said, what they know...