Jia Xingtian confirmed it was his voice and finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurrying forward to greet him.
"You brat, you're finally back!"
He looked Liu Bai up and down, then suddenly raised a brow.
"Hmm?"
He sensed carefully, and then his whole expression turned awful.
"What?! A Dou Emperor?!"
His voice rose an octave.
"You broke through to Dou Emperor?!"
Liu Bai smiled and said modestly, "I only made a slight breakthrough."
Jia Xingtian: "..."
What did he mean, only made a slight breakthrough?
He had still been a Dou King when he left last time. How long had it been? And he was already a Dou Emperor?
He took a deep breath and looked at Qing Lin again.
Then his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Qing Lin, you're a Dou Ling too?!"
Qing Lin felt a little embarrassed under his gaze and said softly, "Hello, Grandpa Jia..."
Jia Xingtian: "..."
He looked at Xiao Yi Xian again.
Xiao Yi Xian stood there in white robes, beautiful and ethereal, without the slightest trace of aura leaking from her body.
Yet Jia Xingtian simply could not see through her cultivation.
He could not see through her at all.
She was like a bottomless, secluded pool—calm and still, yet instinctively inspiring awe.
Jia Xingtian fell silent.
After a long while, he spoke, his voice carrying a hint of daze.
"Miss Xian'er... what realm are you in?"
Xiao Yi Xian smiled faintly but did not answer.
Saying it aloud would probably be rather discouraging.
Liu Bai smiled. "Elder Jia, let's head down and talk slowly."
Jia Xingtian nodded, though he was still somewhat dazed.
How long had it been?
How had things changed so drastically?
The three landed within the Imperial Palace, and Jia Xingtian personally led Liu Bai