I figured we were already within the northern territories. After all, the Immortal Sect's regular forces had arrived, and that counterattack by the ten-man team from Kunlun Mountain's Demon Immortal Sect had probably been the last one.
But Li Poxiao and Li Duanyue were actually among them. I couldn't make heads or tails of it. Had they been chosen by the Immortal Sect? Or did they have some other plan? The Qiankun Dao shouldn't have been here.
"Are you all right, fellow cultivators?" White-Clothed White-Sword called from afar. Luo Qinggu and the others all indicated that they were fine.
Once the group of Earth Immortals came closer, the old man in white clothes and wielding a white sword nodded to Ding Chen and the others, but then headed straight for me. He was very tall—standing before me, he towered half a head over me. Lowering his head slightly, he looked at me. "You're Xia Yitian, the Child of Fortune."
"And who are you?" At the Earth Immortal realm, I could no longer distinguish cultivation levels. I only felt that his cultivation was extraordinarily high, and that he carried quite an imposing air.
"Hehe. I'm Xiao Ruizi, responsible for leading the fellow cultivators of the Immortal Sect here to receive everyone. I thought you might be the Child of Fortune, hence my question. If you don't know yourself, then I won't ask further." Xiao Ruizi smiled faintly, looking completely unconcerned. But after speaking, she turned to Quan Chanyu and asked curiously, "There's also a Kunlun Mountain cultivator here. Your Household has been somewhat at odds with our Immortal Sect lately, so why are you traveling with these fellow cultivators?"
"I'm his person. If I don't follow him, who should I follow?" Quan Chanyu replied without the slightest hesitation. Her expression barely