Cui Changqing was extremely embarrassed, his face burning. As one of the Four Great Swordsmen of Jiangnan, doing bad things was one thing, but to make such a slip of the tongue was truly humiliating.
This included Tao Zhengren and Pei Tianyuan, who both felt embarrassed for Cui Changqing. As fellow members of the Four Great Swordsmen of Jiangnan, Cui Changqing's disgrace at this critical moment practically tarnished their reputation.
However, the two were also somewhat puzzled. Cui Changqing was very shrewd; after years of interacting with them, he had never revealed a flaw.
Why was he so flustered today?
It wasn't that Cui Changqing was incompetent; it was that Gao Xuan and the others arrived too quickly, leaving him completely unprepared.
In fact, Pei Tianyuan and Tao Zhengren, riding the Red Blooded Steed, took a different path under Gao Xuan's guidance.
