"Master Xiao, how did you..."
Feng Xue immediately got up and ran over to Xiao Yu.
She asked him with her eyes: Did you get her?
Xiao Yu shook his head, leaned close to her ear, and quietly offered an explanation.
By contrast, Tang Zhen looked rather displeased.
There had clearly been only one visitor, so how had a second person suddenly appeared?
What were they trying to do?
"Miss Feng Xue, don't you owe me an explanation?"
Tang Zhen demanded with a hollow smile, shooting the butler a glare as well, as though blaming them.
His tone, however, was utterly unconcerned.
Trying to pull something on his turf?
Were they tired of living?
Feng Xue did not answer. Instead, she looked at Xiao Yu, clearly wanting him to take over.
Having his question ignored only made Tang Zhen angrier.
Xiao Yu deliberated.
Should I attack directly?
Or talk things through first?
Better to try courtesy before force.
If I fail to kill him and he gets away, won't it be a nuisance if he starts running his mouth everywhere?
At the very least, I need a legitimate reason to act.
After all, Xiao Yu had something as momentous as restarting the Cultivation World in mind.
He was not trying to unite the world through force.
Reputation still mattered a great deal.
Besides, a sneak attack would be pointless. The man already had one foot in the Nascent Soul Stage.
The slightest thought would give his opponent enough time to strike first.
Then I'll play the hypocrite for once.
"Mr. Tang Zhen, I'm afraid you're the one who owes us an explanation."
"What do you mean?"
Tang Zhen looked somewhat taken aback.
"Does the name Ge Lian sound familiar?"
"Ge Lian? Who's that?"
"Heh, you've almost drained her dry. Her