Huang Xiao pondered for a while, then looked toward the Black Fire Sect's Main Altar in the distance, where flames soared into the sky. He knew this slaughter had entered its final stage and was almost over.
"What are your plans? You could join the Heavenly Demon Sect," Huang Xiao said.
He could not say he felt much fondness for Maidafa, but he had no bad impression of him either.
After all, he had handed over the Nine-Turn Heaven and Earth Heart Method. On that count alone, he had rendered a great service to both Huang Xiao and the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Others might have killed Maidafa to silence him, since Maidafa also knew the Nine-Turn Heaven and Earth Heart Method. Naturally, the fewer people who knew such a divine art, the better, but that was not in Huang Xiao's nature.
Maidafa thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "Sect Master, I've thought it over. Although I don't want to become the Black Fire Sect's Sect Master-or rather, the Sect Master of the Black Fire Sect in Persia-the Black Fire Sect isn't confined to Persia. There are actually quite a few branches throughout the surrounding regions, even in the Central Plains. It's just that they've received virtually no support from the Main Altar and are weak."
"Oh? Then what do you have in mind?" Something stirred faintly in Huang Xiao's heart, but he asked anyway.
"I want to go to the Central Plains. Its martial world and culture fascinate me. During my seven years in the Heavenly Demon Sect, I studied quite a few Central Plains classics, and my yearning only grew. There, I can still be the Black Fire Sect's Sect Master," Maidafa said.
"Start from scratch?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Yes. I don't want to stay in Persia