To ease the awkward situation, I smiled and said, "Didn't I show you the portraits before? By the way, why have you come at this time? Didn't you say that taking a few days wouldn't be unusual? After all, you had to set up the grand formation and such. Could it be that Grand Elder Chang Jie didn't mention it to you?"
Xian Li hurriedly replied, "I was only telling the truth. Ah, yes... yes, she did mention it. But didn't we run into a problem? After Little Tun saw you return yesterday, it got all excited and kept eating nonstop. At first, we thought it was so overjoyed to see you that it had been gorging itself all day. But by last night, it was still eating, and it even sneaked into the warehouse and ate a whole pile of goods. Then, around midnight, it seemed to have changed into a different creature. We were so anxious that we could only split up and come looking for you."
"Changed into a different creature? All right, nothing much is happening here anymore, so let's go back and take a look." After saying that, I looked toward Bai Cheng. Her cultivation had actually almost reached the Spirit Manifestation stage. Her hard work during this period had certainly not been in vain.
"Disciple greets Master." When Bai Cheng's eyes met mine, she immediately bowed in salute.
I nodded and asked, "Your cultivation has been progressing quite well. Which spiritual meridians have you manifested so far?"
After obtaining the Yang God Pill, manifesting one's spirit was no longer that troublesome. One would not even have to undergo a heavenly tribulation. As long as the problem of the inner demon was dealt with, the other problems were nothing worth mentioning.
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