Although Huang Xiao walked toward the ships, he still heard everything the people behind him said.
Of course, they had probably meant for him to hear it.
The suspicions that man raised about him made his heart tighten.
Fortunately, someone had explained things for him.
"My lord." When Huang Xiao arrived before Xu Diao's ship, an old man hurried down from it and greeted him very respectfully.
Huang Xiao nodded and walked straight aboard without saying anything more.
"My lord, thank goodness you're back. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have known how to deal with those people outside," the old man said, following behind Huang Xiao.
"Oh? What do they want?" Only then did Huang Xiao speak.
"They came to press me about your identity just now. If you hadn't returned soon, they might have destroyed the ship and killed us," the old man said.
"They would dare?" Huang Xiao snorted coldly.
"My lord, they really would," the old man said. "From the looks of things, they've already joined forces. Not long ago, the Slaughter Domain's ship was burned and sank beneath the water. They killed every crew member aboard."
"They dared attack people from the Slaughter Domain?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Normally, they certainly wouldn't dare, but now they've joined forces. Besides, they believe the people from the Slaughter Domain obtained the divine weapons. They destroyed the ship to keep them from escaping," the old man said.
"So that's it." Huang Xiao nodded and entered the cabin.
After Huang Xiao sat down, the old man approached him and asked, "My lord, did you obtain a divine weapon?"
"If I'd obtained a divine weapon, would those people have let me in?" Huang Xiao said.
"I deserve death. I spoke out of turn," the old man said, hurriedly slapping himself several times.
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