Ju Hua's arrival had gone completely unnoticed. Ji Ning was already a Fourth Step Dao Lord, but he was still leagues beneath Ju Hua. Of course he couldn't detect Ju Hua's arrival.
However, after Ju Hua deliberately let a trace of his aura slip out, Ji Ning quickly seemed to sense something and opened his eyes.
"Senior!" Ji Ning looked at Ju Hua, a hint of delight on his face. He quickly rose and bowed.
"No need for formalities!" Ju Hua smiled, then continued:
"You became a Fourth Step Dao Lord, and I should have come to see you long ago. It's just that my true body and my second primordial spirit were both away from the Flame Dragon Domain, so I was delayed for a while!"
"I should have been the one to visit you, Senior!" Ji Ning said awkwardly.
"I once went to Star-Plucking Mansion to look for you, but you weren't there!"
"The one at Star-Plucking Mansion was my avatar," Ju Hua said with a smile. "I didn't want my avatar to meet you, so of course you couldn't find me!"
"Why didn't you want your avatar to meet me, Senior?" Ji Ning asked, puzzled.
"Because my avatar couldn't give you this treasure!" As Ju Hua spoke, a bead roughly the size of an egg appeared in his hand, glowing with a soft light.
"What's this?"
Ji Ning stared at the bead in Ju Hua's hand, puzzled.
"A cultivation treasure!" Ju Hua said with a smile. Then he continued, "Come with me. I'll take you somewhere!"
"Mm!"
Ji Ning nodded.
A moment later, Ju Hua brought Ji Ning to the vicinity of the Blue Flower Abode, near the Three Realms.
"This? There's actually a place like this outside the Three Realms?" Ji Ning said, hardly daring to