At the Clear Sky Sect's Ascension Pavilion.
Two burly men stood motionless in the dim room.
Just then,
the dull, deep-blue triangular crystal trembled softly.
Hum—
A blue-gold light slowly kindled within it.
Niu Tian's closed eyes snapped open.
"Big brother."
Tai Tan, beside him, immediately rose as well.
The next moment,
a familiar voice came slowly from the crystal.
"Da Ming."
Niu Tian's expression grew more solemn.
Though he usually resented it, he had to address the man by his title now.
"Lord Sea God."
"How has Xiao Qi been lately?"
Tang San asked calmly.
He admitted that last time, in the heat of the moment, he had been too worried things would spiral out of control.
That was why he had risked sending another wisp of divine consciousness into the lower realm.
But now that he knew what was happening, he would never do so casually again.
Of course,
the main reason was that disgusting fellow Destruction.
He kept wandering around the Sea God Palace for no reason.
"Dong... Xiao Qi has been doing well lately."
Niu Tian hurriedly corrected himself.
"Her Soul Power has passed level forty, and she's been in good shape."
"She just hasn't returned to the Clear Sky Sect for a while."
"Past level forty?"
A note of surprise entered Tang San's voice.
Not because it was too low, but because it was too high.
How could he not know what his daughter was like?
He simply had not expected her to become so diligent after leaving the Clear Sky Sect.
It seemed the methods he had prepared to raise her strength might not be needed after all.
Could it be...
Long Yaochen again?
The thought flashed through Tang San's mind.
But he pushed it aside at once.
He had not come just to