At the sight of the dazzlingly beautiful smile on Cai Lin's cheeks, Xiao Yan was briefly dazed. He quickly shook his head and came back to his senses, then asked with a soft laugh, "Finished with your seclusion?"
"Mm."
Cai Lin smiled sweetly, her long, narrow eyes slowly sweeping over Xiao Yan. Her slender, crescent-like brows rose slightly as she said, "Your strength has improved quite a bit too?"
"I can't compare to you."
Xiao Yan spread his hands, looking at Cai Lin with slight helplessness. Judging from her appearance, her strength had clearly surged to an exceptionally formidable level during this seclusion. He was left somewhat speechless. He had also gone to the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, yet he had not sensed anything unusual there. However, after Cai Lin entered that seemingly ordinary place, she had obtained such enormous benefits. It would be a lie to say he was not envious of such fortune.
"Is that so?"
Cai Lin moved gracefully, approaching Xiao Yan amidst an alluring fragrant breeze. Her beautiful eyes flickered, and then a slender jade finger suddenly shot toward him like lightning. Faint nine-colored light shimmered at her fingertip as a strange energy quietly spread.
Xiao Yan could not help shaking his head. He clenched his hand, and pink flames blossomed before him. Cai Lin's jade finger stopped just short of the flames. She glanced at Xiao Yan and said with slight regret, "I thought I would surpass you after coming out this time."
Even now, Cai Lin still remembered clearly the feeling of possessing strength far beyond Xiao Yan's back then. However, what frustrated her slightly competitive nature was that such a thing seemed unlikely to happen again.
Xiao Yan was helpless. After emerging from seclusion this time, Cai Lin seemed to