On those auspicious clouds stood a woman in magnificent palace dress, around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years of age. Though she was no longer young, her bearing was elegant and dignified to the extreme.
Needless to say, it was the Five-Colored Fairy.
Lin Xuan's gaze swept over her, and a hint of surprise flickered faintly in his eyes.
In a mere hundred years without seeing her, she had actually advanced to the middle stage of Lihe.
But after a brief thought, Lin Xuan was relieved.
The last time he had come, Five-Colored had already been at the peak of the early stage of Lihe. It was not that she had not wanted to break through; she simply had not had a suitable pill to restrain her heart demons.
And among the three betrothal gifts he had given her was a heaven-defying item like the Allure Heaven Profound Pill, which happened to be able to drive away heart demons. With such a treasure assisting her, there was nothing strange about Five-Colored advancing.
"Congratulations, Fairy. A hundred years have passed without our meeting, yet not only is your grace even greater than before, your cultivation has also grown ever more profound. Since you have already advanced to the middle stage of Lihe, ascending to the Spirit World must surely be quite possible." Lin Xuan cupped his fist in salute, speaking words of compliment.
"Fellow Daoist Lin is too courteous. Five-Colored was able to advance thanks in large part to the power of the pills and spirit stones you gifted me. Besides, though Five-Colored has advanced to the middle stage, how could that compare to Fellow Daoist breaking through the bottleneck of Lihe in a mere hundred years?"
Unlike last time, the Five-Colored Fairy was extremely polite this time and did not put on