"What do you mean, 'but'...?" Xiao Hua's tone turned somewhat cold. "This old man has finally found the mood to lend you a hand. Tell me, which is more important: the future of your Chan He Sect, or Vice Hall Master Yun's face?"
"This... naturally, the future of my Chan He Sect is more important..." Liu Qingyu said haltingly. "But... could Senior wait a moment? This junior will speak with Vice Hall Master Yun again..."
"If you go, I leave," Xiao Hua said decisively.
"Master..." Nuo Yeqing added fuel to the fire from the side. "Senior Zhang said that not only can he help us select disciples, he can also teach us the secret art of selecting disciples! He can even revise our cultivation techniques to suit the current Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi..."
"Ah? Is that true?" Liu Qingyu's excited face flushed red. He could hardly believe his ears.
"When did this old man ever say I would revise your cultivation techniques?" Xiao Hua glared at Nuo Yeqing irritably and rebuked him. "This old man merely said that I could revise them..."
"Please, please, please..." How could Liu Qingyu fail to hear the room left in Xiao Hua's words? Without a moment's thought, he hurriedly reached out, nearly tugging Xiao Hua by the sleeve as he called out anxiously.
"Stop pulling! Pull any harder and your clothes will tear!" Xiao Hua said irritably.
"Yes, yes, this junior understands!" Liu Qingyu released his hand awkwardly. He seemed to understand that if not for the clothes he wore, this mysterious senior might not have involved himself in the Chan He Sect's affairs at all.
"What are you trying to do, Fellow Daoist?" Unfortunately, before Xiao Hua could reach the group of children, the two Golden Core cultivators named Yu Chengxiu and