"Right, I'm Tu Qingying, and he's my fiancé, Tu Qingshi. We really did mistake you for a demon beast earlier. You're incredible! But why did you come to the seventh-level Starfall Cavern? With your strength, you should be in the ninth-level cavern." A huge stone lifted from Tu Qingying's heart. She couldn't help sticking out her tongue as she spoke. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she could hardly have believed that this seemingly gentle and refined young man could turn into a demon once he started fighting.
"The cultivation techniques used by us cultivators from outside are different from yours. Your Giant Stone Clan is more skilled at body refinement. In close combat and physical toughness, I'm only about on par with you." Lu Xiaotian smiled. He had taken a liking to the two young people before him, who still seemed somewhat inexperienced.
"So that's how it is. You people from outside are really strange. Your bodies are so frail, yet your combat strength is astonishingly formidable." Tu Qingshi scratched his head, then hurriedly added, "Of course, I'm not talking about you. You're one of the strongest people I've ever seen, aside from the tenth-level warriors. If you hadn't held back just now, esteemed guest, I probably wouldn't have survived."
"It was only a spar to get more familiar with my techniques. It did me no harm." Lu Xiaotian smiled.
"Really? In that case, how about we keep sparring with you from now on?"
Tu Qingshi's eyes lit up. During their fight, he'd felt as if he were on the verge of a breakthrough. Though Lu Xiaotian's attacks had left him and Tu Qingying feeling tightly constrained, as if they were constantly being suppressed, now that he looked back and savored the experience, he realized he