Xi Yue had stayed on the outskirts of the Barbaric Land not only to wait for Su Ying and Fairy Meng Shang, but, more importantly, because she wanted to meet Ling Tian. Because of Yuan Hao, she thought highly of Ling Tian. As she listened to Su Ying recount everything that had happened in the Barbaric Land, she remembered the days when she had traveled with Yuan Hao and Mo Yue, and looked forward even more to meeting Ling Tian.
Led by Su Ying and the other woman, Ling Tian saw Xi Yue, the Middle Heaven Heavenly Lord. She was a woman of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with a slender figure and peerless beauty. She had a more mature charm than Su Ying and more heroic spirit than Fairy Meng Shang. Her eyes seemed to possess a strange power, deep and far-reaching, as if a single glance could see through everything in the world.
Xi Yue simply stood there, yet Ling Tian felt she was as ethereal as a wisp of smoke. Every movement of hers seemed to accord with the Heavenly Dao. He knew he probably couldn't withstand even a single move from her.
"Tsk, tsk. Your Aunt Xi Yue has quite the cultivation. She's at the quasi-god level—in other words, what you call a Near-God. There are probably only a handful of people in the entire Immortal Realm who can match her."
"Greetings, Aunt Xi Yue." Ling Tian bowed, but Xi Yue soon helped him back up.
"That rough-and-ready look of yours is worlds apart from your big brother's." Her voice rang like a silver bell. Xi Yue got straight to the point. "When you have time, let me see what you really look like. I want to see whether you take after your big brother or your