Hong Yun shifted his gaze and saw Pingxin looking at Wang Shu, her expression seeming to hold a faint smile.
His heart suddenly tightened!
This... surely she isn't here to call me to account?
Pingxin said:
"Relax. I have something important to discuss with you!"
Hong Yun could only say to the little ones:
"Stay here at the Fire Cloud Cave dojo and consolidate your cultivation... I'll be back shortly..."
With that,
his figure flashed, and he landed atop the Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus!
He stood side by side with Pingxin.
The next moment, the Netherworld passage vanished, and the two of them disappeared as well.
The Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus spun in place, trailing waves of purple light. It circled Wu Tian and Wu Sheng, then disappeared into the void of the Fire Cloud Cave World!
Zhen Yuan Zi glanced at Xuanming and Wang Shu.
Xuanming remained expressionless, seemingly unaffected by Hong Yun's departure!
But Wang Shu wasn't familiar with the others, and the person she knew best—Hong Yun—had just left. Her brows twitched slightly, and she pressed her thin lips together.
Zhen Yuan Zi hurriedly said:
"Fellow Daoist Xuanming, Hong Yun had originally planned to test the little ones' progress in cultivation."
"Since something has come up, why don't you help him teach them for now?"
Xuanming nodded at once.
With Hong Yun gone, wasn't it only natural for her to teach his disciples?
She immediately said:
"You have each inherited a different Dao from Hong Yun, but martial arts are something all of you must cultivate!"
"Let's start by taking a look at your martial arts cultivation!"
"Huluwa, you'll fight Xing Tian first. Remember, you may only use your martial arts strength..."
While Xuanming was speaking,
Zhen Yuan Zi went over to Wang Shu and said with