"Doctor Chen, what is it?"
Wei Shanhai also walked out of the courtyard, looking puzzled.
Following the Old Doctor's gaze, he looked up at the sky as well.
The moment he saw the Silver Flying Boat, his mouth fell open.
He recognized it at once—it was Lu Qing's flying-boat treasure.
"Young Master Lu has returned!"
No sooner had Wei Shanhai spoken than he saw Lu Qing emerge with Xiao Yan and the others, then put away the Silver Flying Boat.
The next instant, they vanished from where they stood. When they appeared again, they were already before them.
"Master, your disciple has returned." Lu Qing first bowed to the Old Doctor, then said to Wei Shanhai, "Senior Wei, it has been a long time."
"Grandpa Chen, Grandpa Wei."
Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and the others also obediently bowed in greeting.
"You returned quickly indeed. I only sent word to you not long ago, yet you have already come back. It seems your cultivation has advanced greatly during this journey."
The Old Doctor was both gratified and surprised.
How long had it been since he used the Cross-Domain Message Talisman to send out news of his impending tribulation? In the blink of an eye, Lu Qing had returned with Xiao Yan and the others.
To cross the vast Starry Sky and return to the Home World in such a short time—
It was easy to imagine that Lu Qing's cultivation had made another enormous breakthrough during these years of wandering abroad.
Moreover, although Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and the others had not revealed their auras, the Old Doctor's spiritual sense was keen enough to detect an unusual profundity about them.
The cultivation realms of these little ones must have improved considerably as well.
"Master's gaze is truly sharp. This disciple made