"Impossible, Young Hero Shi, you saved my life, and I'm profoundly grateful," said the elder. "How could I, for my own sake, let you put yourself in danger?"
Hearing Shi Xiaole was going to stand up for him, the Purple Wood Sword Emperor, moved by the gesture, hastily tried to dissuade him.
His popularity in the Martial World's Void Origin Realm circle in Daxia was exceptional. Besides his astute and diplomatic ways, the key to his reputation was his sense of righteousness and reason, not forcing others to act on his behalf under the pretense of friendship.
Otherwise, back on Nine Heavens Mountain, the Purple Wood Sword Emperor could have made a request; with Shi Xiaole's character, he likely wouldn't have refused.
Shi Xiaole smiled, not bothering to justify himself, only saying to the Purple Wood Sword Emperor, "That old brother over there is the former Master Shenzong."
"What?"
