"Cheng Xia, is what you said true?"
Ling Chengxia nodded.
"Of course it is true. If it were false, I would not have dared tell you, Brother Luo."
Although Lin Luo, who possessed an All-Talent Spirit Body, had married Ling Liqin, the only daughter of Ling Wanduo, a Ling Clan earth-method cultivator of the Wan generation, his seniority was actually lower than Ling Chengxia's.
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Ling Chengxia was a full three generations senior to Lin Luo's Dao Companion, Ling Liqin. By seniority, Lin Luo should have called Ling Chengxia grandfather.
Yet Lin Luo was also the junior brother of Ling Chengxia's father, Ling Pengyun.
The relationship was rather tangled. To avoid muddling the generations, everyone simply addressed one another as they pleased.
Lin Luo and Ling Chengxia had always called each other brothers.
As the years passed, perhaps because he had spent so long studying the Dao of talismans at Azure Water True Lord's side, Lin Luo gradually acquired more of a scholarly air.
His cultivation had also risen from Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment. His attainments in the Dao of talismans had far surpassed the pace of his cultivation, reaching the peak of Second Rank High Grade and on the verge of entering the Near Third Rank.
"If this is true, Brother Cheng Xia, not only did you not keep it hidden, you told me and even had me inform Master..."
"Could it be that there are remnants of the Yin Pearl Demon Sect within that secret realm?"
Tempered by time, Lin Luo had long shed his playful nature and become steady and composed, considering all matters more thoroughly. Before long, he had guessed why Ling Chengxia had come to him.
"As expected, I could not hide it from you,