Clear Spring Villa.
"Xiao Luan left more than half a day ago. Why hasn't he returned yet?"
Cao Ying looked out through the window, her face carrying a trace of worry.
Cao Luan had gone out from time to time before, but he had rarely stayed out for over half a day like this. Especially under the current circumstances, they seldom went outside at all.
"Nothing should have happened. This is only a small town, after all; there aren't any experts here. Xiao Luan's cultivation seems to have improved greatly lately. Perhaps he's cultivating outside and got delayed."
It was Lin Hong who spoke.
He set down his rice bowl. Since recovering from the injury to his leg, and with the nourishment of large quantities of pills and spirit beast flesh, his body had become visibly stronger than before, and he had grown much younger as well.
He had originally looked elderly, but now he appeared to be a robust man in his early forties.
Moreover, a careful look revealed that the qi and blood within him were far from weak. Though his cultivation had only just entered the Muscle Forging realm, the fluctuations of his qi and blood were in no way inferior to those of an ordinary peak Muscle Forging cultivator.
At his age, and having cultivated for only a short time, reaching such cultivation was already quite astonishing. It showed that he possessed some talent for Martial Way cultivation.
He was clearly much stronger than Xie Guilan, who had begun cultivating alongside him. After all, she was still only in the Body Tempering realm.
"That's right, Xiao Ying. Xiao Luan will be fine. If you're worried, I'll have Xiao Shi and the others look for him outside."
Xie Guilan, beside them, spoke as well.
"That would be