No one noticed Huang Xiao take out the Purple Soul Flute. He was only a child, so the Heavenly Evil Sect People still paid him no mind.
But as they swarmed forward to attack the two women, the sound of a flute suddenly rang in their ears.
The sudden flute music made them all pause briefly. Only then did they realize it was coming from the child in the Thatch Pile.
Their hearts jolted when they saw the Purple Soul Flute in Huang Xiao's hands.
Although they had not examined it up close, they could tell that the long flute in this child's hands was far from ordinary.
How could a village child have such a fine flute? It seemed rather strange.
Greed stirred in some of them. In their eyes, the two women could not escape even if they sprouted wings. If they could get their hands on that flute, it would be a tremendous haul.
But with three Void Martial Realm experts present, the other Heavenly Evil Sect disciples did not dare disobey orders and seize the flute from Huang Xiao.
Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli also saw the flute Huang Xiao held.
Naturally, both recognized it as Huang Xiao's. When they had met him, they had seen this flute at his waist. They were astonished to see it in this child's hands now. It was unquestionably Huang Xiao's flute, unless there were two identical flutes in the world.
Their first thought was that Huang Xiao had lost it, just as he had left his Imitation Saber by the river, and this child had eventually picked it up.
But what happened next filled them with astonishment.
Zhangsun Youyue, in particular, found the flute music extraordinarily familiar. After all, she had heard Huang Xiao play before.
Jiang Liuli was