Reunion at the Bamboo Tower

As his Spiritual Sense returned, the Silver Flame in Luo Hong's eyes receded and vanished. With a change in his hand seals, the Heavenly Demon Banner and the ball of Curse Spiritual Qi surged toward him like a receding tide, all of it disappearing into his body.

After that spiritual excursion, the long-absent sense of urgency once again wound around Luo Hong's heart, extinguishing his intention of ascending together with Old Demon Han.

He truly could not wait that long!

As it happened, just as Luo Hong thought of Old Demon Han, he discovered his aura outside the mountain gate. He immediately sent a voice transmission to Lan Cai'er:

"Fellow Daoist Lan, one of Luo's junior brothers has come to visit. Would it be convenient to grant us access?"

Since he was borrowing someone else's territory to receive a guest, he naturally had to notify them.

"Since he is Brother Luo's junior brother, of course that is no problem. I'll notify Nephew Disciple Jin at once."

They had already let in a cultivator at the late Nascent Soul stage, so the rest hardly mattered. Lan Cai'er agreed readily.

Luo Hong and Old Demon Han were already exceedingly familiar with each other, so there was no need for formal mountain-gate greetings. He simply sat in the bamboo tower, took out a jar of Azure Flame Wine brewed from a level-nine Demon Core, and waited quietly.

Before long, a streak of azure light descended outside the bamboo tower. Han Li and a white-furred fox entered directly.

"Senior Brother Luo, if I had not suddenly sensed your divine sense, I would still have had some doubts! But how did you calculate your junior brother's whereabouts?"

After smiling and cupping his hands in greeting, Han Li immediately voiced the question that had been weighing