Seeing Sha Kongzi reminiscing about old events, Fu Yuezi glanced at Hou Qing standing nearby and waved him away.
Hou Qing hurriedly bowed, turned, and left. He did not care who Xiao Hua was, nor did he care what the jade slip contained. He was merely a disciple on guard duty. All he could do... was guard Kunlun Sect's gates and, while he was at it, give that azure ape single-mindedly devoted to the Dao a tiny bit of fortune.
After Sha Kongzi finished recounting Xiao Hua's origins, Xuan Jing did not withdraw his divine sense from the jade slip. Instead, wild delight spread across his face, while the faint pressure around him leaked out from time to time, as though he were attempting some secret technique.
Fu Yuezi stood guard beside Xuan Jing and found time to sigh. "Xiao Hua is truly unlucky. Of all times to return, he had to come back now. Isn't he just asking for trouble?"
True Person Xinghui laughed. "Senior, you are mistaken. Xiao Hua is no longer a Thunder Control Sect disciple. He can simply stand by with his hands tucked into his sleeves and watch Thunder Control Sect make fools of themselves!"
"Xiao Hua's matter was already a colossal joke for Thunder Control Sect!" Sha Kongzi nodded. "Thunder Control Sect forcibly drove out a cultivator comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator. Now that Xiao Hua has returned..."
Before he could finish, a rather clever Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "That's right! Why did Xiao Hua return neither early nor late, but precisely now? Could he have been in the Immortal Alliance all these years? Then the Thunder Control Sect Master arranged by Luoxing Heaven... wouldn't that be him?"
"Right, right!" Fu Yuezi suddenly slapped his forehead. "I remember now as