"Then I'll step aside for now too," Demon Phoenix said.
He did not know this old man. Since the man wanted to speak to Huang Xiao alone, he could hardly stay here.
"You must be Demon Phoenix?" The Black Robe Elder looked at Demon Phoenix and smiled. "Well, when I went to see Huo Lian four years ago, I also wanted to meet you. I didn't expect you to be cultivating in seclusion, so I never got to see you."
"Meet me?" Demon Phoenix asked in surprise.
The Black Robe Elder nodded.
"You know me?" Demon Phoenix asked, somewhat puzzled.
He had no recollection of this old man at all, and he did not think they knew each other.
If he knew an old man like this, he would not have had to be so afraid of that Old Demon Huo Lian.
This old man's strength was definitely on Huo Lian's level.
"No." The Black Robe Elder shook his head. "But I've heard of you. Come along too."
Huang Xiao then followed the Black Robe Elder toward the sea.
Wu Xuancang remained where he was rather than following them.
"Here will do." Xuan Tu led Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to a stop atop a sheer cliff, with the boundless sea below.
Their surroundings were wide open, and there was little chance of anyone overhearing their conversation.
"You two talk first." As Demon Phoenix spoke, he made to fly off into the distance.
"Demon Phoenix, wait. Senior Xuan Tu, there are no secrets between Demon Phoenix and me. We're brothers. If you have something to ask, just ask," Huang Xiao said.
By now, Huang Xiao had recognized him as Xuan Tu, the enormous Tortoise-Shaped Divine Beast he had seen at the Imperial Remnant Manor back then.
With his strength, shapeshifting