The moment Lin Heng entered the main hall, mom turned into a lingering shadow, moving at an absurd speed.
She rushed straight to his side, grabbed his arm, and asked in surprise, "Son, weren't you out looking for someone? Did you find them?"
"(￣ω￣;) No, no. Let's talk business first."
Lin Heng had been about to spout some grandstanding nonsense when Dugu Zixuan immediately snuffed him out.
When Qiu saw Lin Heng, she rose to her feet as well, her deep eyes roaming freely over him.
After examining him, she was incomparably astonished—no, more accurately, dumbfounded.
Nascent Soul Peak Stage?
How was his cultivation even higher than Ye Tian's?
She remembered that back at Hidden Sword Manor, the junior brother Ye Tian had wanted to kill had been below him in cultivation.
She had thought Ye Tian's Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation was already heaven-defying. Who would have thought there was an even greater expert here?!
No wonder Ye Tian had asked her to capture this junior brother. It turned out he simply could not beat him.
She understood now!
"Senior Qiu, it has been a while!!" Lin Heng gave Qiu a polite smile.
"Oh? This should be our first meeting, shouldn't it?"
"Senior, your memory is truly poor. When we went to the Kingdom-Destroying Secret Realm, I went with Master. You had your face covered then."
Upon hearing this, Qiu recalled it.
Meng Yutong had brought all her disciples along at the time. He had indeed been among them.
"So that's how it was. Then I suppose it really has been a while. Perhaps I should greet you on behalf of your senior brother." Qiu smiled, the curve of her brows making her mood plain to see.
"(°ー°〃) My senior brother?"
"Ye Tian?" Dugu Zixuan's expression darkened as she