"Senior Xiao... Senior Xiao??" Old Man Gu Qiong's heart surged as well. Faced with this supreme temptation, his mind had briefly slipped its reins. He felt that the Water Origin was already in his pocket and had long since shot toward it. Yet when the overwhelming planar storm crashed down and blocked his path, it was as though a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head! Old Man Gu Qiong immediately sobered. There were many cultivators present, but who could truly obtain the Water Origin? There was no need to think further—it would surely be Xiao Hua and the few cultivators he had brought. In particular, though Xiao Hua was with them, the other Great Sages were all near the Water Origin. Even if someone had a chance to obtain it, those Great Sages would get it first. Why were they rushing over in such a panic?
Thus, as Old Man Gu Qiong watched Kong Qiang's face brim with excitement, he secretly shook his head and began searching for Xiao Hua. However, when he saw that Xiao Hua had not flown over, but instead respectfully knelt on the ground and kowtowed, he was stunned and cried out softly, "Y-you... what are you doing, Senior?"
Naturally, Xiao Hua paid no heed to Old Man Gu Qiong. Yet that cry of "Senior Xiao" struck the self-important cultivators of the Dao Alliance and Heaven Alliance awake as though with a club! They all slowly halted and turned to look at Xiao Hua, their faces filled with confusion.
Before Xiao Hua could rise, the black-and-white pillar of light from the Kunlun Mirror had already completely collapsed beneath the impact of the Law-waves of the Water Origin! Not to mention that the Kunlun Mirror was incomplete and the Heavenly Man had yet