The old man addressed as "my lord" waved a hand and stared at Huang Xiao for a long while. Suddenly, his expression shifted slightly. "You?"
"Haha, rest assured, we have no interest in Inugami. This has nothing whatsoever to do with us. All I can say is that the real Inugami should be somewhere nearby. I imagine you have some means of locating it?" Huang Xiao said with a hearty laugh.
"My lord, they belong to the Rare Treasures Pavilion, and they're exceedingly arrogant. Why not let us make an example of them first?" the expert asked respectfully.
Smack! The lord backhanded him across the face and snapped, "Worthless fool! You can't see what's right in front of you. You'd have only yourself to blame if you died."
"My lord?" His face was full of confusion, but he dared not ask anything more. He covered his cheek and lowered his head.
The others beside him were equally baffled, not knowing why their lord had lost his temper, but none dared voice the question either.
After a cold snort, the old man turned to Huang Xiao. "Indeed, we naturally have a means of finding Inugami. It is nearby; that much this old man can confirm. Of course, this old man can only confirm that it is within a thousand feet of here, so your caravan cannot be ruled out either. Unless you can give this old man a reasonable explanation, you won't be able to keep your entire caravan safe, even if you are a Half-Step Martial Realm expert."
By the end, the old man's tone had turned somewhat icy.
"Half-Step Martial Realm?" At the old man's words, everyone turned their eyes toward Huang Xiao.
Chen Biao and the others gaped, utterly astonished.
They knew Huang Xiao's cultivation surpassed Zhu Yang's,