"Senior Uncles, in your junior nephew's opinion, perhaps we should sit this one out?" Liaochen walked over to Masters Kongcheng and Kongliang and spoke.
Kongcheng sighed. "So be it, so be it. We of Shaolin will not take part in this struggle for the Heavenly Demon Canon, unless our senior uncle, the abbot, sends someone here. Otherwise..."
At the end, Kongcheng shook his head helplessly. After all, they had come insufficiently prepared this time. Moreover, they had never expected to be injured by Lu Jiu's party before even seeing Zhang Hu. Staying here would probably only mean throwing their lives away.
By then, Huang Xiao had gathered his internal power back under control. Though he could not suppress the infiltration of the icy energy, he could still stop its chill from seeping out of his body. At least he looked like a normal person this way. Otherwise, wouldn't it be frightening to have that icy aura radiating from his entire body?
Then Huang Xiao took a pill from inside his robe and swallowed it. His internal energy had been in turmoil earlier, and with his meridians damaged as well, he had not dared take any pills. Now that his condition had stabilized, he took a healing pill.
"Junior Brother Hong, Junior Brother Dugu, will you two leave with us, or stay here?" Liaochen looked at the two of them and asked.
Hong Yi and Dugu Sheng exchanged a glance, then said without hesitation, "We'd like to go farther in and have a look."
Liaochen knew something of what they had in mind, and could only say reluctantly, "Then take care of yourselves. There are quite a few experts here this time."
Then he said to Huang Xiao, "Junior Brother Huang, you're gravely injured now. Why not return to Huaqing City