"What? You're saying I'm a rotten old man? What's rotten about me? In what way do I fall short of that kid Dongfang? Let me tell you, back when that Dongfang kid was only at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, I could trip him with one finger." Xiang Kuang bared his teeth and hollered.
"Look at you. Brother Tian has already advanced from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to where he is now, while you're still standing in the same place," Heihu said, lifting the corner of his mouth.
"That's because I—because I saw how hard he was struggling to catch up with my cultivation, so I deliberately stopped to wait for him. Otherwise, I'd have long since charged into Spirit Transformation," Xiang Kuang said, instantly puffing up his beard and glaring.
At Xiang Kuang's words, Heihu's foot slipped. Still wearing the round green melon rind around his body, he immediately rolled across the ground.
"Haha." Xiang Kuang was just about to laugh at Heihu when he looked up and happened to see Lu Xiaotian and Xiang Qingcheng approaching. His face lit up at once. "That Dongfang kid, and Qingcheng girl too? What brings you here?"
"Brother Tian, you're finally back." The honest-looking, big fat man hurriedly took off the green melon rind covering him and eagerly waddled over. Then he looked Xiang Qingcheng up and down suspiciously. "This big sister is so pretty. Is she Brother Tian's wife?"
Xiang Qingcheng's face reddened at his words. However, she had seen Heihu in the mirage of the sea market before, and with Lu Xiaotian's introductions along the way, she knew of this silly boy's existence.
"Her name is Xiang Qingcheng. You can call her Sister. Qingcheng was like Tiger, too—she saw the mirage of the sea market, then made her way