"Who are you?"
Fang Xianyuan aimed the great bow in his hands at the young man who had appeared out of nowhere at the peak of Qi Ingestion. His eyes were full of wariness.
Fang Xianyao looked grave. A Dao Foundation talisman had already appeared in his hand.
How could disciples of a Purple Mansion Aristocratic Clan go out on a mission without a life-saving trump card?
Let alone a mere cultivator at the peak of Qi Ingestion—even if a Great Cultivator at the Dao Foundation realm descended upon them, they could hold out for a while.
And that would be enough time for a Purple Mansion True Person to cross the Great Void and arrive.
The newcomer had swordlike brows and bright eyes. A ring of blue-green light surrounded him, within it a faint vision of a hundred rivers returning to the sea. An azure magic pearl floated behind his head. He looked at Ding Changhai and said frankly, "I am Cangmingzi of the Vast Sea Sect. Greetings, fellow Daoists. This man is also connected to a sect mission of mine. Might you allow me to ask him a few questions first?"
"The Vast Sea Sect?"
Fang Xianyuan felt disdain in his heart, but a friendly smile appeared on his face. "I wondered what great power you came from. So we're on the same side... We are cultivators of the Fang Family. Fellow Daoist, your Daoist name is Cangmingzi—are you the treasured junior brother whom True Person Cangyuan, Zeng Qingshui, accepted as a disciple on his master's behalf? I've heard that you have the bearing of a hidden dragon and the countenance of the sun, advancing one realm a year during Qi Ingestion. Seeing you today, you truly are a dragon and phoenix among men..."
Fang Xianyao grew even