Zhao Hai didn't say this to anger the elder. The main purpose of his words was to remove the mental attack from the elder.
The elder stage powerhouse's spiritual attack wasn't very powerful. He was just using his reputation as a longevity stage powerhouse to suppress Muyu and the others. He secretly used his spiritual attack to make them lose their will to resist.
However, such an attack was extremely easy to deal with. No matter what, Muyu and the rest were All Soul-splitting and dujie si powerhouses. Their mental strength was extremely strong, and they had only fallen into the trap of that elder powerhouse because they were not aware of it. If no one had warned them, they might really have lost their ability to resist. After all, the strength of an elder powerhouse was not just for show.
All Zhao Hai had to do was to remind them so that Muyu and the others could wake up on their own and escape from the mental attack of the immortal stage cultivator.
