Son of a Nascent Soul?

Ji Yuan remained outwardly calm, still locked in a fierce battle with this Wei Family cultivator.

As he activated the Bone-Melting Yin Claw in his hand, conjuring countless ghost claws, he also flung out two Thousand Swords Talismans, beating the man before him back step by step.

But in truth—

Stormy waves had already risen within Ji Yuan's heart.

Why?

Because that female cultivator had just sent him a voice transmission.

He had always been curious about this female cultivator's identity, but he had never expected that she would turn out to be an acquaintance!

How well did they know each other?

Put it this way: well enough that they had hugged each other. Among all the female cultivators Ji Yuan knew, the only one he was that close with—

Was Dong Qian.

Even Du Wanyi and Feng Zhitáo had never hugged him.

But why was Dong Qian here?

A few months ago—no, by now, it should have been more than half a year ago—she had indeed left back then.

She had not said where she was going.

Yet Ji Yuan had never imagined that she would come here, disguising herself and raising a Third Tier fox demon.

That alone would have been one thing, but what Ji Yuan had not expected was that Dong Qian could see through his disguise at a glance!

Even Golden Core True Persons could not see through Ji Yuan's Form-Changing Talisman.

Yet Dong Qian had seen through it.

Thinking of the secrets she carried, along with the inexhaustible Spirit Stones she had used before, Ji Yuan could not help but form a bold thought.

"Could Dong Qian also be some Nascent Soul patriarch reincarnated to cultivate anew?"

As for why he said "also," it was because Ji Yuan currently knew several cultivators who had