Terrifying Artistic Conception
"You mainly have to thank Fellow Daoist Dongfang. If he hadn't noticed your peril and insisted on coming straight over, even I would have taken some time to get here. By then, I'm afraid we would have been too late." Xinhong shook her head.
Yunxia and Yunli looked at Lu Xiaotian, suddenly unsure how to address him. It seemed that their Martial Uncle Xinhong treated Lu Xiaotian as an equal, which meant they had inexplicably been demoted by a generation.
"We'll each address one another as we always have. If that feels inappropriate, you can call me Sir Dongfang." Lu Xiaotian said.
"Then we'll address you as Sir. Thank you, Sir, for saving our lives." Yunxia readily went along with it.
"It was nothing. You saved me before, and now that you're in danger, I naturally couldn't stand by and do nothing."
Lu Xiaotian waved his hand and looked at Zhao Qifeng and the others. "There are two paths before us now. One is to find a way back, and the other is to continue searching for the Desire-Dream Wonderstone. How will you decide?"
Xinhong's expression was clearly hesitant. In the past, she would naturally have wanted to take the risk, which was why she had embarked on this adventure. But judging from the situation before them, they had already encountered so many dangers before even reaching the Desire-Dream Marsh. The danger clearly exceeded their expectations, so she couldn't help hesitating over whether to proceed according to plan.
However, Xinhong had remained stuck at the first stage of the True Immortal realm for many years. If she could have broken through solely by relying on her own abilities, she would have done so long ago. If she missed this opportunity, she had no idea how many years