"Many thanks to you two young friends for taking care of Xiao Li all these years."
In the cave dwelling, Xiao Li's father, a middle-aged man named Mo Yun, raised a cup of wine and saluted Lu Qing.
Xiao Li's mother also wore a grateful expression.
After reuniting with Xiao Li and learning that their daughter had been living together with Lu Qing and Xiao Yan ever since she awakened, the couple was filled with gratitude toward them.
They immediately invited the brother and sister into the cave dwelling and brought out the finest wine and delicacies to entertain them.
However, neither of them recognized Lu Qing's identity, much less saw through his true cultivation. They could not even tell that the Lu Qing before them was only a Divine Sense Clone.
They merely took him for an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
After all, even Xiao Li's father, the one with the strongest cultivation, was only at the third tribulation of the Nascent Soul. The gap between him and Lu Qing was simply too great; he could not see through Lu Qing's background at all.
"No need to be so polite. Xiao Li is also our closest family. We have been through much together along the way," Lu Qing said with a smile.
"I never thought there would still be a day when we could see Xiao Li again. Heaven truly has treated us husband and wife kindly," Mo Yun sighed.
Still, he was somewhat curious, and asked, "May I ask how you found this place? Xiao Li should not have had any memories of us."
More importantly, Xiao Li's current cultivation had actually already reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
He even faintly sensed a suppressed aura from Xiao Li.
What did that mean? It meant that his daughter's