"A friend has come from afar; is that not a pleasure? Little Friend Lu, come to think of it, we haven't seen each other for quite some time. It looks like you've been doing rather well in the Immortal Realm." A handsome, refined middle-aged man dressed as a scholar had appeared at some point halfway up the mountain, not far from Lu Xiaotian. He toyed with a verdant branch in his fingers, gazing leisurely in Lu Xiaotian's direction with a smile, as though waiting for an old friend he had not seen in many years.
"Senior really did break through the seal. Congratulations." Lu Xiaotian scrutinized him from head to toe. "It seems that only one of Senior's divine souls came to the Immortal Realm. This body you seized probably can't let Senior display much of your strength either."
"Do you think that since I can't bring out much of my strength now, and we're inside Nine Central City, you—a third-grade Pill Saint and one of the strongest Profound Immortals—can simply kill this old man?" The middle-aged scholar smiled. Though he said this, he showed not the slightest concern for his own safety.
"You're joking, Senior. I never had any great grudge against you. I merely offended you a little in self-defense. Even if Senior is a devil, it's hardly my place, a pill refiner, to meddle." Lu Xiaotian shook his head.
"Hahaha, what a pill refiner! Interesting, interesting." The middle-aged scholar threw back his head and laughed. Then he looked at Lu Xiaotian with great interest. "To tell you the truth, after this old man reached the Spirit Realm and learned that you had secretly crossed over to the Immortal Realm, I followed you here. When I first arrived in the Spirit Realm, I heard that you had already