The moment Sheng Yuhong's gaze turned her way, Wei Yunxi flashed behind a tall male fellow disciple, avoiding Sheng Yuhong's scrutiny.
Putting on an act, Yunxi whispered to the fellow disciple beside her, who was also in the Qi Refining stage, "Uncle-Master Sheng truly cuts a dashing figure. Seeing him once is better than hearing of him a hundred times!"
The fellow disciple beside her nodded as well. "Of course. Uncle-Master Sheng is a cultivation prodigy our Haoran Sect produces only once in a century. He broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage before even reaching fifty. Forming a Core within a hundred years will be as easy as turning his hand over.
"With Uncle-Master Sheng's aptitude, even charging at the Nascent Soul Realm is no problem. He could even contend for Spirit Transformation. In the future, with Uncle-Master Sheng leading us, the Haoran Sect will surely become the foremost sect in the Western Region of the Weiyu Realm."
Watching her fellow disciple speak with spittle flying everywhere, Wei Yunxi quietly wiped her face. This one was clearly Sheng Yuhong's diehard fan, possessed of an inexplicable confidence in him.
She immediately cupped her hands. "May I ask this senior brother's name?"
"My name is Long Daoyu. And yours?"
"My name is Wei Yunxi."
"So you are Junior Sister Wei. What have you come to the Baohua Mountain Range for this time? Oh! No need to tell me—let me guess. Did you come because Uncle-Master Sheng accepted a mission here?"
Long Daoyu asked, waggling his eyebrows.
Yunxi's eye twitched, but she followed his lead and lowered her voice. "Senior Brother Long, I have always cultivated in the Outer Sect and never had the chance to meet Uncle-Master Sheng. I had heard only his name, never seen the man himself, and