"Ning Daoist, it has been a long time," Ning Fa said with a faint smile.
After all these years, Cao Xian had now advanced to the Core Formation Stage as well.
"N-Ning Senior..." Cao Xian stammered.
By now, he had clearly noticed that Ning Fa was already a Nascent Soul Cultivator. He was utterly shocked, and stormy waves rose in his heart. This was absolutely earth-shaking news.
Fang Yong of the Spirit Talisman Sect had finally confirmed it as well, his face equally frozen in stupefaction.
Just then, another wave of humming rang out.
A nearby Teleportation Array flared with white light, and a group of people emerged from it. Every one of them radiated powerful Spiritual Pressure; they were clearly high-level cultivators, while several of those at the forefront were even in the Nascent Soul Realm.
Everyone could not help turning to look.
Ning Fa raised a brow. Several of these people were acquaintances of his as well.
One was a woman in a blue dress and veil, her eyes like cold stars. She was Qi Ying, the altar master of the Huazhen Sect within the Yunhuang Alliance.
Another was a voluptuous, seductive woman draped in swallow-patterned gauze. She was Madam Li of the Zhilán Merchant Guild.
There was also a middle-aged cultivator in white robes with a gentle expression. He was Wen Ran, the man who had previously posed as a Third-grade Low-tier alchemist of the Zhilán Merchant Guild and discussed alchemy with him.
Ning Fa had later learned that Madam Li and Wen Ran were actually cultivators of the Huazhen Sect.
Now, all three of them had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Besides those three, the leader was an elderly man with thick dark-green brows and a stern bearing. He was at the Peak Mid Nascent