Qin Shaofeng's pupils contracted as he blurted through voice transmission, "You're awake?! But your body..."
Yet after that, his junior sister sent no further message.
"Junior Sister! Junior Sister!" No matter how he called to her through voice transmission in his heart, his junior sister Qing Daoxun never sent another word.
Although Xuan Ting's swift-as-lightning methods had just made many of the immortal sect forces present wary, quite a few independent cultivators still stepped forward to curse him.
As if sensing this, Xuan Ting said calmly, "Brother Xu, I'll have to trouble you to hold the line."
Then,
A man in a plain gray robe, who had been silently standing behind the Dragon Python Sect, slowly raised his head.
His features were ordinary, but his hands were eerily pale. The gray currents coiling around his fingertips caused the surrounding space to distort slightly.
"Xu Buping?! That rogue immortal baleful star?!" someone below cried out in shock. "The Dragon Python Sect even invited him?!"
"I never expected Xuan Ting to rope this fellow in as well. They really spared no expense."
Xue Changsheng's expression darkened completely.
Although Xu Buping's cultivation was not as powerful as Xue Changsheng's or Xuan Ting's, he was even more troublesome than Xuan Ting—like an unkillable cockroach.
"This guy seems to be about on my level, doesn't he?" Qin Shaofeng, who had remained silent until now, voiced his doubt. He vaguely sensed that Xu Buping's strength should be around the initial stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, just like his own.
Having only just stepped into the initial stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, his perception of the outside world had become far keener. The instant Xu Buping appeared earlier, he had sensed that their strengths differed very little.
Now, with the help of the Companion Lotus,