"Senior, these are the battle merits I've accumulated. According to the merit values on the Ghost-Slaying Rankings, I've earned enough to exchange them for a Nascent Soul Formation Pill." Xiao Da dragged his injured body along as he spoke to the dazzlingly beautiful woman in the lead, bringing the woman in the blue dress with him. Although the Nascent Soul woman seated above them was breathtakingly beautiful, Xiao Da did not dare look at her for long.
"Bring me the Recording Stone so I can take a look. If you've accumulated enough battle merits, I'll submit your request." The purple-robed woman extended a slender, pale hand. With a beckoning gesture, she drew the Recording Stone from Xiao Da's hand into her palm. It contained recordings of Xiao Da killing the first few Golden Core-level Ghost Marshals, as well as footage from when he had been injured.
When the purple-robed woman reached the later scenes and saw a blue-robed, silver-haired cultivator nocking arrows to a bow and casually firing several shots, her body trembled involuntarily. That blue-robed, silver-haired figure overlapped with the image buried in her mind from many years ago. It had become startlingly clear, as though carved into her bones.
Her mind roiled, and the Recording Stone slipped from her hand, dropping to the ground with a thud.
"S-Senior, what's wrong?" Xiao Da was startled when he saw the Recording Stone fall. Could it be that Senior Cao did not approve of his battle record? Xiao Da and the woman in the blue dress looked up, only to see that the calm expression Senior Cao had worn moments ago was now filled with irrepressible excitement. The two could not help wondering what had caused Senior Cao to lose her composure so completely.
"N-Nothing." Cao Xi'er beckoned with her hand