Recaps

The Immortal-Buddha Grand Ceremony showcased Little Gold Temple’s Buddhist light and Changsheng Academy’s sword formations and Immortal Palace illusion, before Zen Master Mingyue announced the contest that would decide Little Gold Temple’s fate. Jiangchao Temple named its three fighters, and Zhu Junfeng was pressed to reveal Changsheng Academy’s lineup.

• Xingkong and Xingmin summoned a giant Buddha with Buddhist light, prompting the crowd to rush for the scattered blessing until Changsheng Academy students cut it apart with sword qi.
• Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng displayed a flying-sword formation and used a vermilion gourd to project an elaborate Immortal Palace illusion above the arena.
• The ceremony ended, and Zen Master Mingyue announced that the coming contest would determine whether Little Gold Temple could remain in Changsheng Town.
• Zen Master Mingyue named Little Gold Temple’s nine contestants, then Xiao Jian named Yuan Ya, Xiao Hua, and himself for Jiangchao Temple.
• Mo Jianli and Xingchen recognized Xiao Hua as likely Jiangchao Temple’s strongest fighter, while Zhu Junfeng reconsidered Changsheng Academy’s lineup after learning Xingchen would compete.

Xiao Hua’s disciple Yuan Ya dominated the contest, defeating seven opponents before Xiao Hua took his place. Xiao Hua’s arrival ended with the arena collapsing beneath the weight of his Pingtian Rod, leaving the match with Fan Xiang unresolved.

• Zhu Junfeng announced the contestants, and Yuan Ya entered the arena with a demonic staff to face Little Gold Temple’s Jianzheng.
• Yuan Ya knocked Jianzheng from the arena, then defeated several more opponents, including Zhang Chunyang and Mingfa, as Jiangchao Temple’s strength stunned the crowd.
• Zhu Junfeng proposed letting Yuan Ya rest, but Xiao Hua ordered Yuan Ya to concede and stepped forward to fight Fan Xiang himself.
• Xiao Hua walked onto the arena and told Fan Xiang he was no match for him, then summoned the Pingtian Rod.
• Xiao Hua stepped onto the arena, and its Buddhist formation flickered before the entire structure collapsed beneath him.

Xiao Hua crushed the Buddhist formation and challenged the cultivators on behalf of Jiangchao Temple, while concealing his Buddhist cultivation and presenting himself as an East Sea Daoist rogue cultivator. Changsheng Academy admitted defeat, but Xingchen insisted on fighting for Little Gold Temple and asked what would happen if his side won even half a move.

• Xiao Hua emerged from the ruined arena after destroying the Buddhist formation, then decided that fighting the juniors himself was beneath a grandmaster.
• Xiao Hua challenged Xingchen, Mo Jianli, and the three Buddhist monks, while keeping his Buddha Sarira hidden from them.
• Mo Jianli treated Xiao Hua as a senior and Chongyun Sect withdrew from the contest; Zhu Junfeng also admitted defeat on behalf of Changsheng Academy.
• Xiao Hua said he was an East Sea rogue cultivator who had once studied Confucian cultivation before obtaining a Daoist inheritance, and he pledged to represent Jiangchao Temple.
• Xingchen refused to withdraw because the contest would decide whether Little Gold Temple could remain in Changsheng Town, and Xiao Hua allowed him and the other monks to attack together.
• Xingchen asked whether Xiao Hua would make Jiangchao Temple leave Changsheng Town if the monks won even half a move.

Xiao Hua shattered Xingchen and the other monks’ Buddhist formation with one strike, but a sudden flood and rampage of aquatic creatures threatened Changsheng Town. The contest became a rescue wager, and Xiao Hua and the others rushed toward the Liao River as the crowd was directed to Little Gold Temple.

• Xingchen and three junior monks formed a Buddhist formation with the power of faith and trapped Xiao Hua inside it.
• Xiao Hua broke the formation with a single strike of the Pingtian Rod, leaving Xingchen ready to concede defeat.
• A tremendous roar alerted Xiao Hua to the Liao River flooding and aquatic creatures rampaging toward Changsheng Town.
• Xingchen proposed a wager to compare Daoist and Buddhist efforts to save people or end the disaster, and Xiao Hua agreed.
• Xingchen ordered Zen Master Mingyue to move the gathered villagers into Little Gold Temple, while Zhu Junfeng left students to help and hurried toward the river with the others.

Changsheng Town was struck by a devastating flood unleashed by the aquatic clan, and panic sent residents fleeing while Xiao Hua hurried toward the river. As a towering wall of water threatened to erase the town, Xingchen admitted that he and the others could not stop the aquatic clansmen.

• The people at Little Gold Temple panicked after learning of the danger, and most fled toward Changsheng Town while the remaining residents took refuge inside.
• Xiao Jian rushed into the Mahavira Hall after receiving Xiao Hua’s voice transmission, while Xiao Hua flew toward the Liao River despite his depleted magical power.
• The Liao River surged over its banks and flooded the area near Changsheng Town, killing villagers and triggering widespread panic.
• Xiao Hua saw a growing wall of water and black-scaled aquatic clansmen preparing to unleash it on the town.
• Xingchen and the others arrived at the river and recognized that the aquatic clan’s strength exceeded their own; Xingchen told Mo Jianli he had no way to stop them.

Mo Jianli and Xiao Hua confronted the aquatic tribe as its wall of water threatened Changsheng Town, and Mo Jianli tried to learn why they had flooded the town. Xiao Hua killed the black fish demon with lightning, but more than a hundred powerful aquatic tribesmen surfaced from the Liao River.

• Mo Jianli sent Zhu Junfeng to Changsheng Academy and tried to cross the water wall, but his attack tore a crack that briefly poured water into Changsheng Town.
• A three-zhang black fish demon emerged and attacked Mo Jianli, then struck Li Momo when he tried to communicate with it; Li Momo survived with help from Crimson Silk and Ji Dong.
• Xiao Hua summoned heavenly lightning that killed the black fish demon and injured other aquatic tribesmen, prompting Mo Jianli to warn that the town’s inhabitants were still in danger.
• Mo Jianli argued that they needed to learn the aquatic tribe’s purpose, while Xiao Hua insisted that force was necessary because they would not answer otherwise.
• Powerful spiritual senses swept across the Liao River, and more than a hundred enormous aquatic tribesmen surfaced.

Xiao Hua fought off the aquatic creatures attacking Changsheng Town while Mo Jianli tried to negotiate with them. The river’s forces gathered under a powerful dwarf commander, whose arrival left Mo Jianli, Li Momo, and the others terrified.

• Xiao Hua struck a giant aquatic creature with concentrated heavenly lightning, badly wounding it, while Mo Jianli pleaded for a chance to speak with the attackers.
• Mo Jianli explained that he wanted to save Changsheng Town’s people and led Li Momo and the others to a breach in the water wall to attempt negotiations.
• The Liao River suddenly calmed, and hundreds of armed aquatic creatures emerged from beneath the water.
• A giant sea beast rose from the river carrying a slender-armed commander, who appeared as a three-chi-tall humanlike dwarf riding an enormous seahorse.
• The dwarf’s icy Yuan sense swept over Mo Jianli and the others, leaving Li Momo too frightened to speak.

Xiao Hua confronted the aquatic beings who were preparing to flood Changsheng Town while searching for someone, but their dwarf leader proved stronger than him. As the flood surged toward town, Mo Jianli attacked the advancing troops with his book and was injured when they struck it down.

• The dwarf transformed a hundred-odd sea beasts into giants and ordered them to reinforce the water-wall restriction as the aquatic force prepared to attack Changsheng Town.
• Xiao Hua entered the restriction to confront the dwarf, who refused to answer questions unless Xiao Hua delivered his head.
• The dwarf defeated Xiao Hua in their opening clash, then kept him occupied while aquatic troops directed floodwaters toward Changsheng Town.
• Mo Jianli attacked the advancing shrimp soldiers and crab generals with inscriptions from his book, but columns of water struck it down and left him spitting blood.

Xiao Hua fought the Water Tribe dwarf while a flood threatened to drown Changsheng Town, then recognized that the Water Tribe’s missing Princess was Xiao Yun at Jiangchao Temple. He used the Pure Water Bottle to draw in the floodwater, but the dwarf raised the Liao River again.

• Xiao Hua repeatedly charged the dwarf, using their clashes to help refine the Earth Crystal Yao Ru within his body while trying to protect the townsfolk.
• Li Momo told Xiao Hua that the Water Tribe had come to find its Princess, and Xiao Hua realized the girl in the wooden barrel at Jiangchao Temple was Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Hua sent Li Momo to Jiangchao Temple, then vanished into the river and returned in a disguised form with the Pure Water Bottle.
• Xiao Hua used Buddhist seals to draw the floodwater into the Pure Water Bottle, while Xingchen and the others knelt and the townsfolk’s devotion strengthened his power.
• The dwarf put away his Fangtian Huaji, spread blue radiance across the river, and raised the Liao River another ten zhang.

Xiao Hua struggled to contain the Liao River’s flood while protecting Changsheng Town, and a sudden Buddhist manifestation nearly brought him to Bodhisattva fruition. After the dwarf withdrew with the princess, Xiao Hua departed, while Xingchen concealed his survival and declared that the Sea God Lord had saved the town.

• The dwarf sent a vast torrent against Xiao Hua’s Pure Water Vase, gravely injuring Xiao Hua as he tried to shield Changsheng Town.
• Xingchen and the townspeople chanted and offered their power of thought, causing Xiao Hua’s Buddha Sarira to shine and a Buddhist manifestation to begin.
• Xingchen recognized the manifestation as the approach of Bodhisattva fruition, but Mo Jianli arrived with the princess, whom the dwarf seized before withdrawing the flood.
• Xiao Hua continued collecting the river water as the aquatic creatures retreated, then flew away after invoking the Nine-Character Mantra.
• Xingchen told the townspeople that Martial Ancestor Cihang had saved Changsheng Town, then falsely claimed Xiao Hua had been lost in the river and organized a search for him.

Xiao Hua survived the battle with the aquatic tribe, and Mo Jianli and Xingchen found him while searching the Liao River. After accepting healing pills from Mo Jianli, Xiao Hua declared that he had saved Changsheng Town’s hundred thousand villagers and defeated Little Gold Temple in their contest.

• Xingchen sent Ji Dong and Qiu Jian back toward Changsheng Town while he and Mo Jianli searched the Liao River for Xiao Hua.
• Mo Jianli and Xingchen searched the river and worried that Xiao Hua had died after being defeated by the aquatic tribe.
• Mo Jianli spotted a sword light downstream, and he and Xingchen found Li Momo and Ji Dong supporting the exhausted Xiao Hua.
• Mo Jianli gave Xiao Hua healing pills and learned that Xiao Hua’s injuries were internal and he expected to recover soon.
• Xiao Hua told Xingchen that he had saved all hundred thousand villagers and that Little Gold Temple had lost their contest.

Xiao Hua and Xingchen disputed who deserved credit for saving Jiangcheng Town, while Mo Jianli exposed how the Water Tribe Princess’s presence at Jiangchao Temple could turn the villagers against it. The group returned to the settled town, where Zhu Junfeng looked troubled and Zen Master Mingyue appeared delighted.

• Xingchen argued that Buddhist sect methods had won the wager because Martial Ancestor Cihang saved hundreds of thousands of villagers, while Mo Jianli countered that Xiao Hua had helped end the crisis by revealing the Water Tribe Princess’s location.
• Xingchen warned that the villagers might blame Jiangchao Temple for the Water Tribe’s attack, and Mo Jianli explained to Xiao Hua how Cihang had stopped the Liao River flood with the Pure Water Vase.
• Xiao Hua conceded that Cihang’s rescue had earned the town’s reverence and agreed to postpone deciding the contest until Xiao Jian and Mingyue could judge it.
• Li Momo and Mo Jianli discussed the Water Tribe’s Cave Heaven banners and the formidable dwarf, whom Mo Jianli identified as a Demon Race member with a powerful body.
• Xiao Hua and the others returned to Jiangcheng Town, where the villagers had calmed down, Zhu Junfeng looked gloomy, and Zen Master Mingyue seemed pleased.

Xiao Hua and the leaders of Little Gold Temple and Jiangchao Temple debated who deserved credit for saving Changsheng Town and postponed their rivalry’s outcome until the next day. As Xiao Hua rode back to Jiangchao Temple, he examined the Earth Crystal Yao Ru inside his body.

• Zen Master Mingyue learned that Martial Ancestor Cihang’s golden body remained at Jiangchao Temple, and Xingchen explained the circumstances of the rescue to Xiao Jian.
• Xiao Jian argued that Xiao Hua and Jiangchao Temple had helped make Cihang’s intervention possible, while Xingchen and Zen Master Mingyue assigned much of the credit to the Buddhist and Confucian cultivators.
• Xiao Jian proposed restarting the contest between the temples, but Xiao Hua did not agree, so Xingchen suggested they discuss the outcome the following day.
• Mo Jianli arranged for the representatives of Little Gold Temple and Jiangchao Temple to meet at Changsheng Academy at noon the next day.
• Xiao Jian invited Xiao Hua onto the donkey cart, and they returned toward Jiangchao Temple while Xiao Hua inspected the Earth Crystal Yao Ru within his body.

Xiao Hua and Xiao Jian arrived at Jiangchao Temple to find it crowded with people worshipping Guanyin Bodhisattva, whom they identified with Cihang. Xiao Hua flew them into the temple, where Liu Yi confirmed that Xiao Yun had been taken home and began explaining the sudden influx of worshippers.

• Xiao Hua inspected the changes in his body and lamented that his cultivation had not recovered enough to match the aquatic demons.
• Xiao Jian saw the crowds streaming toward Jiangchao Temple and assumed the temple’s popularity would help him drive out the monks of Little Gold Temple.
• Villagers warned Xiao Jian not to cut the line or disparage Guanyin Bodhisattva, declaring that her golden body was enshrined at Jiangchao Temple.
• Xiao Hua seized Xiao Jian and used a Flight Talisman to carry him over the crowd and into the temple.
• Liu Yi asked Xiao Hua where Xiao Yun was, and Xiao Hua told him she had been taken away by her family.
• Liu Yi said many people had unexpectedly come to worship the Sea God Lord and began explaining what he had done while Xiao Jian was absent.

Xiao Hua left Jiangchao Temple with Xiao Jian after the temple lost its place to Little Gold Temple, and Liu Yi and Yuan Ya asked to follow him. The group headed away from Changsheng Town, though Xiao Hua still had no idea where to go.

• Xiao Jian learned that Guanyin Bodhisattva had saved Changsheng Town from the Fish Monsters and accepted that Jiangchao Temple had lost the contest.
• Xiao Jian packed his belongings with Xiao Hua’s help and decided to leave Changsheng Town with him.
• Liu Yi asked to serve Xiao Hua, explaining that he feared retaliation from the aquatic clan, and Xiao Hua agreed to take him along.
• Yuan Ya asked to follow Xiao Hua, but Xiao Hua questioned his loyalty to his current master before leading the group away from Jiangchao Temple.
• Xiao Hua turned away from Changsheng Town and asked Liu Yi to find silver and arrange a carriage.

Xiao Hua planned to search for Lu Town and learned that a detailed map of Cangxian Continent could help him find it. Xiao Jian and Yuan Ya intended to travel with him, and Xiao Jian pointed them toward Tongzhu Kingdom to seek a map.

• Liu Yi took silver from Xiao Jian and went to Changsheng Town to find a larger carriage.
• Xiao Jian asked to follow Xiao Hua, hoping Yuan Ya could travel with them and receive guidance.
• Xiao Hua said he would go to Lu Town, and offered to teach Yuan Ya spells if Yuan Ya helped find it.
• Xiao Jian suggested searching a comprehensive map of Cangxian Continent and explained that maps could be recorded on jade slips, Buddhist tablets, or beast hide.
• Xiao Jian said Tongzhu Kingdom was the nearest place to look for a map, and Xiao Hua noted that Xiao Jian might also trade his primordial stone there.

Xiao Hua left Changsheng Town with Xiao Jian and agreed to travel with him toward Tongzhu Kingdom, while Yuan Ya went to aid Liu Yi against the Pifeng Gang. Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng caught up with Xiao Hua to discuss the Water Tribe Princess, and Xiao Hua accidentally revealed a supposed secret about the Dongtian River before trying to explain it away.

• Xiao Jian offered to trade his primeval stones for medicines that might restore his cultivation, and Xiao Hua invited him to travel together toward Tongzhu Kingdom.
• Xiao Hua sent Yuan Ya to receive Liu Yi and gave him the demonic staff, while Xiao Jian worried that the Pifeng Gang might have too many disciples.
• Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng caught up with Xiao Hua and heard that he had left Jiangchao Temple because it had become a Buddhist holy ground.
• Mo Jianli explained that he had come to ask Liu Yi about the Water Tribe Princess, whose lineage might trace back to the Dongtian River.
• Xiao Hua claimed that the Western Sea had destroyed the Dongtian River, then covered his mistake by saying he had heard it at an exchange market.

Xiao Hua said farewell to Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng after helping Changsheng Town survive the aquatic tribe’s attack. He gave the town grain for relief and departed with Liu Yi, Xiao Jian, and Yuan Ya, leaving Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng to manage the aftermath.

• Mo Jianli offered Xiao Hua a voice-transmission pupil and promised to pass along any reward from his sect for Xiao Hua’s help.
• Zhu Junfeng asked Xiao Hua to wait for the prefecture governor’s envoy, but Xiao Hua declined and learned that the town’s rice crop had been ruined by the early flood.
• Xiao Jian explained that the river’s receding waters normally made the banks fertile, and Xiao Hua suggested the villagers could plant a second crop while grain was brought in from elsewhere.
• Xiao Hua gave Mo Jianli a Small Qiankun Bag of grain as a farewell gift for Changsheng Town.
• Xiao Hua left by carriage with Liu Yi, Xiao Jian, and Yuan Ya, while Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng returned to the town and reflected on the day’s calamity.

Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng discovered that Xiao Hua had provided enough grain to relieve ten towns, while Xiao Hua traveled with Liu Yi and listened to the story of his troubled childhood. Liu Yi explained how his father’s final years and Xiao Yun’s plight shaped his understanding of others’ eyes and his decision to care for her.

• Mo Jianli and Zhu Junfeng examined Xiao Hua’s Small Qiankun Bag and found it contained enough grain to relieve ten Changsheng Towns.
• Zhu Junfeng decided to test and distribute the grain under True Person Xiao’s name.
• The chapter revealed that Xiao Guo had cultivated rice and millet in Xiao Hua’s space for a hundred years, creating the vast stores of grain.
• Liu Yi recounted how his abusive, gambling father raised him to survive by begging, and how he cared for his father after the man became unable to move.
• Liu Yi said he understood his father’s love by studying his eyes and later recognized his own childhood helplessness in Xiao Yun, whom he rescued by the Liao River.

As the group traveled through the night, Liu Yi told Xiao Hua how his calm demeanor had made him feel safe and led him to seek help for Xiao Yun. Xiao Hua promised to choose Cultivation Arts for Liu Yi, then remained curious about Xiao Jian’s hidden motives as they stopped to rest.

• Liu Yi explained that Xiao Hua’s lack of malice had made him feel safe and inspired him to seek help for Xiao Yun.
• Yuan Ya tossed Liu Yi meat buns, and Xiao Hua reflected on their contrasting hardships and Liu Yi’s discretion.
• Xiao Hua told Liu Yi that his hardships had tempered him, warned him that cultivation demanded a far greater price, and promised to select Cultivation Arts for him.
• Liu Yi knelt and begged to learn powerful arts, but Xiao Hua said he would not yet accept him as a disciple and asked him to call him Daoist Master Xiao.
• Xiao Hua considered Xiao Jian’s concealed intentions and asked him to find a safe place to rest.
• The group stopped on a gentle slope, where Yuan Ya gathered supplies, Liu Yi collected firewood, and Xiao Jian tended the horses without approaching Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua gave Liu Yi a Grain Abstinence Pill and tested his aptitude before offering to teach him cultivation. He found Liu Yi unsuited to Daoist arts, leaving Liu Yi disappointed but still determined to remain by Xiao Hua’s side.

• Yuan Ya hunted a wild boar and roasted its meat while Liu Yi and Liu Yi prepared food by the fire.
• Xiao Hua gave Liu Yi a Grain Abstinence Pill and offered to teach him a Qi Cultivation technique if he was willing to forgo mortal food.
• Xiao Hua tested Liu Yi’s constitution and found that his muddled Five Elements made him unsuitable for Daoist cultivation.
• Liu Yi accepted the news calmly and said he only wished to serve beside Xiao Hua, while Xiao Hua offered to check whether Confucian or Buddhist cultivation might suit him.
• Yuan Ya offered Liu Yi roasted meat and asked what Xiao Hua had taught him, deepening Liu Yi’s distress over his failed chance to cultivate.

Xiao Hua investigated Xiao Jian’s and Liu Yi’s aptitude for cultivation, but found that both had mixed Five Elements physiques despite Xiao Jian’s ability to cultivate. The next morning, Xiao Hua began teaching Liu Yi the Big Dipper Divine Fist and admitted that his first attempt at testing and teaching him had problems.

• Yuan Ya comforted Liu Yi about his poor aptitude, while Xiao Jian brought roasted wild boar to Xiao Hua and praised Liu Yi’s cleverness.
• Xiao Hua examined Xiao Jian and found that his physique was also unsuited to cultivation, then asked which technique Xiao Jian had chosen, but Xiao Jian refused to reveal it.
• Xiao Hua gave Xiao Jian sweet dates, let Liu Yi and the others sleep, and resolved to seek Daoist cultivation techniques rather than press Xiao Jian about his past.
• At dawn, Liu Yi saw Yuan Ya practicing the Big Dipper Divine Fist with Xiao Hua and joined in when Xiao Hua invited him to follow the movements.
• Xiao Hua stopped Liu Yi’s practice and, inside a soundproof restriction, told him that he had never taught a disciple before and that his earlier test might have gone wrong.

Xiao Hua taught Liu Yi an earth-element Qi Cultivation technique and led the group onward toward the auction. Their journey was interrupted when a Little Gold Temple killer on a strange black horse attacked Xiao Hua, and the clash left the horse reeling.

• Xiao Hua recited an earth-element Qi Cultivation technique for Liu Yi and told him to keep it secret while trying to sense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Yuan Ya drove the carriage as Xiao Hua rode ahead, and Yuan Ya privately viewed Xiao Hua as a path to greater strength.
• Xiao Hua sensed someone pursuing the group and stopped them on the mountain road.
• A black-armored rider on a smoke-wreathed horse arrived and announced that Little Gold Temple had sent him to kill Xiao Hua.
• The rider charged Xiao Hua with an Eighteen-Foot Snake Lance, and a violent blast hurled Yuan Ya toward the mountain wall as the black horse staggered back.

Xiao Hua defeated Xue Ping’s challenge and refused to let him take Liu Yi to Nanpu Commandery, but Xue Ping dropped the matter after learning of Xiao Hua’s famine relief. After presenting Xiao Hua with a commendation token, Xue Ping privately asked whether he held an official post in another country, and Xiao Hua said he did not.

• Xiao Hua repelled Xue Ping’s attack and learned that the black-armored man was the Left General of Nanpu Commandery, sent to investigate the flood and handle disaster relief.
• Xue Ping demanded that Xiao Jian and Liu Yi return with him to Nanpu Commandery, but Xiao Jian and Liu Yi explained that Liu Yi had found Xiao Yun by the Liao River.
• Xiao Hua refused to let Xue Ping take Liu Yi, and Xue Ping relented after Xiao Jian noted that others already knew the facts of the case.
• Xue Ping thanked Xiao Hua for donating one hundred thousand dan of grain and gave him a commendation token from the Commandery Prefect.
• Xue Ping privately asked whether Xiao Hua held an official post in another country, and Xiao Hua answered that he was a Rogue Cultivator with no such post.

Xue Ping tried to recruit Xiao Hua as Nanpu Commandery’s Right General, but Xiao Hua declined and agreed instead to help with a Daoist ruin expedition next year in exchange for a search in Yuzhou. After Xue Ping left, Xiao Hua rested with his group and Xiao Jian advised him to accept the post.

• Xue Ping urged Xiao Hua to become Nanpu Commandery’s Right General, explaining how service had helped his cultivation, but Xiao Hua refused.
• Xue Ping asked Xiao Hua to help explore a Daoist ruin next year for ancient spirit pills, and Xiao Hua agreed if Xue Ping searched Yuzhou for Lu Town and the Misty Sect.
• Xue Ping gave Xiao Hua his token and departed on his black horse, which frightened the group’s horses into collapsing.
• Xiao Hua ordered Yuan Ya to arrange the horses and rebuked Liu Yi for failing to understand a mnemonic.
• Xiao Jian told Xiao Hua that he should have accepted Xue Ping’s offer, and Xiao Hua invited him to explain any different reasoning.