"Several people have come here? I take it Sect Master Li didn't know about this either?" Ji Dong Shengtian said with a fake smile, clearly feeling that Li Guxian's question had been rather underhanded.
Li Guxian glanced at me before saying, "Heavenly Sword City was here for this junior of mine to break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm. Fellow Daoist He also wanted to take a look at Heavenly Sword City's Grand Array. If we can pool our wisdom and break the Grand Array, he is willing to stay. If he feels we cannot break it, he will leave at once. May I ask, Fellow Daoist Ji Dong, what brings you near Heavenly Sword City this time?"
Ji Dong Shengtian was nothing like Ji Dong Kui, who was so easy to talk to. He chuckled and said, "I brought my wife here for the same reason as Sword God Li—to take a look at the Grand Array. After all, if Sect Master Li hadn't offered sufficient terms, I wouldn't have been able to invite my wife here."
Ji Dong Kui's face showed no other expression. She seemed to have aged quite a bit in recent days. I was afraid that the matter of the Ji Dong Immortal Sect had left the old woman in a foul mood. It had broken her heart over these past few years, though that was only to be expected.
"I see. Since our goals are aligned, why don't we go together? Or would the two of you prefer to return to the sect within Heavenly Sword Mountain and rest a while to ease the fatigue of your journey?" Li Guxian said with a smile.
"No need. I presume Sword God Li has only just returned as well?" Ji Dong Shengtian decisively refused. He had