"Oh? You're not one of theirs?" Now it was Huang Xiao's turn to be surprised. He had not expected his guess to be wrong.
If he did not belong to those two sects, who else would have designs on Huang Xiao? Huang Xiao believed that his current appearance certainly had not exposed his true identity.
Moreover, if Huang Xiao had not wanted to learn his identity and background just now, he would already have breathed his last. Yet now he was laughing heartily as though nothing had happened. That change in his demeanor was truly drastic. Huang Xiao did not know whether the man had no idea what fear was or genuinely had something to rely on.
"Of course not," Xuan Ju said. "I thought clearing up our earlier misunderstanding would be troublesome, but now it seems this will be easy to resolve. How about we make a deal?"
Huang Xiao wanted to see just what this man was after. "A misunderstanding? If I hadn't possessed some strength, I would probably have died at your hands already. Besides, we're complete strangers. What deal could we make?"
As he spoke, Little Phoenix poked out from beneath the clothes over Huang Xiao's chest. It had burrowed beneath his clothes earlier. Although it could not eat the Beast Immortal Grass, nestling against the box containing it made it feel somewhat more at ease.
Now, hearing activity outside, it came out to see what was happening.
When Little Phoenix appeared, Xuan Ju's eyes lit up, and his gaze settled on it.
Seeing the newcomer's gaze fall on Little Phoenix, Huang Xiao's heart gave a start. Only then did he recall a faint impression of this man. He seemed to have encountered him when leaving Physician Chen's place.
However, he had paid little attention at