Xie Lige pretended not to notice the gazes on him.
He smiled at the cold white-robed Taoist Master and said, "Let's go."
They entered the main hall.
Everyone saw the spacious hall at first glance.
The decorations were simple and unadorned.
The white-robed Taoist Master, who was leading the way, sat at the head of the table expressionlessly. The black-robed man, who Xie Lige had been unhappy with, also sat beside him.
The father and son were at the back.
"Sir, please sit." Zi Yin saw the father and son standing at the door.
He was the first to speak.
Soon, the maid trotted out from the side with her head lowered.
She held a chair in her hands and placed it on the ground.
Then, she retreated behind the chair and left from the corner.
Xie Lige did not choose to sit down. He stretched out his hand.
The Wind Centipede that had been surrounding him wrapped around his arm.
Xie Lige gently tapped its small head with his finger. The Wind Centipede cried out, and then its body began to slowly grow.
At a speed visible to the naked eye.
When it was about the size of a pillow, it stopped and landed on the ground from the air.
It was willing to be a cushion.
Xie Lige leaned on the Wind Centipede skillfully. The Wind Centipede lay on the ground and its big head landed on the latter's knee like a spoiled child. Ouyang Shaogong followed suit, but the Wind Centipede he summoned was very small.
It was about the size of a pillow.
Zi Yin's gaze swept across his comfortable expression as he sat comfortably on the Gu worm.
He paused for a moment.
His expression was no different from usual.
His gaze slowly swept from the top to the bottom, from the black-robed man to the direction where Ouyang Shaogong was. His expression was cold, but he had no intention of attacking. He looked at him calmly.
"Do you have something to ask me, Taoist Master?"
Perhaps because Zi Yin's gaze was too intense, Xie Lige could not help but ask when Zi Yin swept his gaze across him and the Wind Centipede again.
Zi Yin's face stiffened. "... Yes."
Xie Lige smiled very beautifully. He spoke with a Miaojiang accent and said with a slightly upturned tone, "I was invited by my sister to save someone."
His voice was neither fast nor slow. It was clear like a ray of sunlight shining down, making people who heard it feel distant. The hoarseness in his throat had a little bit of sex appeal.
When Ouyang Shaogong noticed his father's unrestrained actions, his first reaction was to frown. Then, he stood in front of Xie Lige and vigilantly stared at the similarly expressionless Reverend Zi Yin. The two of them stared at each other from a distance, neither of them at a disadvantage. After an unknown period of time, they slowly moved their gazes away.
Ouyang Shaogong clicked his tongue. He was a gentleman, but his eyes revealed a bit of disgust for this man. He quickly hid it and put on his usual gentle disguise.
The Ziyin Enlightened Master was expressionless as usual. However, Xie Lige saw the Sword Bearing Elder of Heaven's Wall City loosen his grip on his sword.
They are of the same kind.
Xie Lige took in the two's tit-for-tat actions. How could he not understand? He also did not know why the two of them did not fight at the last moment. Instead, they both took a step back.
Since they did not fight, he pretended not to see and turned a blind eye. It was fine as long as his son did not suffer.
Of course, the Ziyin Enlightened Master knew that the other party was invited. In fact, he was the one who gave the order.
Hearing the guest's frank words, the Ziyin Enlightened Master thought for a moment and said dryly, "Sir, you were invited to treat a patient. It's a long journey. Thank you for your hard work."
As the representative of Heaven's Wall City's martial arts, it was not his turn to talk. The other elders would roll up their sleeves and do it themselves.
However, to show his sincerity, the Ziyin Enlightened Master still said it.
Xie Lige did not mind at all. He did not come here for free. As long as he paid the consultation fee, everything else was fine.
He said happily, "You don't have to be so polite. I came here with a request. The self-cultivator who invited me said that if I cured that person, he would give me the Solitary Incineration Sword."
Xie Lige did not think about what would happen if he did not cure the patient.
The Ziyin Enlightened Master's expression froze. His fingers gently rubbed the back of the chair. This was his habitual action when he was thinking.
Xie Lige's words were within his expectations. After all, it was an equivalent exchange. The only thing that troubled him was that he did not know Han Yunxi's thoughts. Thinking of that child's stubborn face, he could not help but sigh.
The cold white-robed Enlightened Master stared at Xie Lige and said calmly, "I can't make the decision on this matter. As for whether that child is willing to pay you with the Solitary Incineration Sword, it's up to him. If he doesn't want to treat him, we will send someone to send you back."
The Solitary Incineration Sword was the only thing left behind by his parents. The Ziyin Enlightened Master felt that he did not have the right to make a decision for the last survivor of Wumeng Spirit Valley.
Xie Lige tilted his head. In fact, he did not care at all about the child that the Ziyin Enlightened Master was talking about. To be honest, he did not care about the Solitary Incineration Sword either.
His attention was completely focused on Ouyang Shaogong. If not for his son's strong request, he would not have come here at all.
Ouyang Shaogong did not have any reaction.
One could see how peerless the future of this young boy would be. He calmly looked at the equally cold Ziyin Enlightened Master, calculating whether his words were true or not.
Soon, the result of the calculation was out.
The Ziyin Enlightened Master was telling the truth.
Ouyang Shaogong glanced to the side and was slightly startled. He met the gaze of his cheap father. That person looked at him with a smile. Obviously, he had given all the initiative to him.
Ouyang Shaogong's gaze met Xie Lige's.
Xie Lige got the message.
"Do you need me to find that poor little patient?"
Xie Lige stroked the head of the Fenggou in his arms. His fingers slid across the hard armor, causing the huge Gu worm to act coquettishly. He said, "To be honest, my consultation fee is not cheap."
In a frivolous tone, Xie Lige told the Ziyin Enlightened Master what the other cultivators had said when he first came here. He also mentioned his own rules. "When I save people, I like to ask for something as a reward."
After hearing this, the Ziyin Enlightened Master nodded seriously. After hearing this, he fell into deep thought. Then, he asked, "Will you ask for every person you save?"
Xie Lige smiled. "Of course."
"Every one of them is necessary. I still have a child to raise."
"A person with a family definitely has a certain amount of responsibility. The child must have a dream in the future. It will definitely cost a lot of money. I can only start saving now."
Like every parent with a child, Xie Lige talked about his child's situation with great familiarity. From time to time, he also talked about his own situation. "Fortunately, I have a skill."
That's why people say that learning a skill is good.
The Ziyin Enlightened Master nodded in agreement.
Xie Lige was undoubtedly encouraged. Along the way, he had lost count of how many times he had talked to the self-cultivators. Unfortunately, those self-cultivators remembered that he had flirted with his junior sister and never gave him a good look. Most of the time, they were neither cold nor warm. Even when they heard his friendly words, they only gave him a perfunctory 'mm'.
The Ziyin Enlightened Master followed his train of thought and began to talk. He first talked about the situation of Han Yunxi, his cheap disciple, who was in a deep sleep and whose murderous aura was about to overflow from her body. He then talked about the significance of the Solitary Incineration Sword to Wumeng Spirit Valley. He also mentioned that the Solitary Incineration Sword in Han Yunxi's body had been snatched when she first came to Heaven's Wall City.
Xie Lige: "Was it snatched by him?"
The Ziyin Enlightened Master followed his gaze and looked at the man in black. Xuan Xiao was thinking about his abnormal behavior just now. When he heard the voices, he looked up and found that everyone was looking at him. He frowned reflexively.
The Ziyin Enlightened Master nodded.
Xuan Xiao also understood. He placed the Solitary Incineration Sword on the table in front of him and said coldly, "Treasures in this world belong to those who are capable. This sword is fated to be mine."
After he left the ice behind the Snowball Mountain, he rejected the invitations of many sects on the way and subconsciously came to Heaven's Wall City. He happened to meet Han Yunxi, who had been brought back by the Ziyin Enlightened Master, and felt the murderous aura in the child's body.
Then … he snatched it.
Because the Ziyin Enlightened Master was carrying the child in his arms and had to guard against the possibility of the other party snatching the sword and harming the child, he did not use his full strength and could only watch as the Solitary Incineration Sword was snatched away. Even though he decisively put the child back into Heaven's Wall City within the barrier and immediately turned to give chase, it was only a draw.
Most importantly, Heaven's Wall City did not reject Xuan Xiao's entry.
As the most promising talent in the Cultivation World to ascend, Xuan Xiao's status in this world was still very high. Heaven's Wall City could not wait to use a sword to keep him in Heaven's Wall City.
This way, they would have a talent who could ascend.
Including the Ziyin Enlightened Master, there would be two of them.
The more he thought about it, the happier he felt.
The elders all had their own opinions about the sleeping Han Yunxi and the ownership of the Solitary Incineration Sword. Most of them wanted to snatch it back if they could, but even if they couldn't, they wanted to use the sword to trick Xuan Xiao back.
This result directly led to a strange atmosphere between Ziyin and Xuan Xiao. Both of them were very ruthless, but the result of having the same strength was often a draw. One could not escape, and the other could not snatch back the sword. They fought and demonstrated at the gate of Heaven's Wall City every day and were very arrogant. When Xie Lige arrived, they were warming up.
In short, they had not opened their hearts yet.
Seeing the long sword that Xuan Xiao threw on the table and hearing the Ziyin Enlightened Master say that the other party had come out of the ice, all kinds of rheumatic diseases appeared in his mind. Xie Lige thought about it and felt that he could make a deal with the other party.
Xie Lige smiled and said, "Then this Solitary Incineration Sword is also fated to be with my child. The two of us came all the way to the Central Plains for this sword. Enlightened Master, do you need any treatment?"
Xuan Xiao sat there steadily. The flame pattern between his brows was dark red and looked wilder on his pale skin. He said in a cold voice, "No."