The little girl narrowed her eyes and gave them the whole story about Southern Border.
Tang Qingyu and Ximen Tinghua were left staring in astonishment.
Tang Qingyu grabbed Long Qingmei's hand and cried, "If I'd known, I would've left early..."
Long Qingmei giggled. "Don't ask me. He didn't give me any elixirs, either. We had New Year's Eve dinner at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion yesterday, and when we woke up today, we'd both broken through."
Tang Shisan sighed. "This is absurd. Senior Brother Li, how come we didn't have to undergo tribulation?"
Li Dalu smiled faintly, pointed toward the sky, and said in a low voice, "Everything is in Heaven's hands."
Not only the women before him and Meng Xiaolou, but even he, their senior brother, could never have expected this.
After their realms had fallen on Broken Dragon Mountain, it should have taken those people ten years to step across that threshold again.
And even after stepping across it, they would still have had to break through and undergo tribulation.
Yet all it took was a night's sleep, and they were back where they'd been. More than that, their cultivation had risen to a whole new level.
Thinking it over, there was only one explanation: Heaven's will.
Ximen Tinghua stared blankly. This was actually possible?
They'd eaten New Year's Eve dinner, and everyone broke through together? Without even undergoing tribulation?
Meng Xiaolou gave Ximen Tinghua a wry smile. "There's no rushing this. Let's talk about it when he gets back."
But Tang Qingyu wasn't ready to accept that. She cried out anxiously, "I want to go find him..."
Hua Mantian grabbed her hand and shook her head. "At a time like this, don't go and make trouble. We're facing an army of a hundred thousand, not the Four Great