Wei Huai was delighted to see Qiao Ranran. He waved and ran over.
Qiao Ranran bared her teeth. Wei Huai struck her as a man with two faces: one moment he smiled like a sunny boy, the next he was as gentle and refined as a young scholar. Perhaps he simply showed different sides of himself to different people.
It was clear that Wei Huai was genuinely happy to run into Qiao Ranran and her companions.
"Miss Qiao, Fellow Cultivator Pei!" Then he spotted Yan Qingsui and Tao Doudou nearby, and his smile turned subtly awkward for a moment. "Little Yan is here too! Miss Tao, it's been a long time."
Yan Qingsui slashed at him with his sword. "What do you mean, 'Miss Tao'? Can't you read the room?"
Just like that, they were fighting. The two were evenly matched. Yan Qingsui had originally been more talented than Wei Huai, but he was a few years younger and had suffered many setbacks, leaving his cultivation far behind Wei Huai's. Later, though, the problem with his Blood Gu had been resolved, and it had even become a powerful aid to his training. His state of mind had changed as well. His cultivation had long since caught up with Wei Huai's; he lagged behind only in combat experience.
As Wei Huai put it, given a little more time, he would no longer be Yan Qingsui's match.
Wei Huai had been fortunate enough to enter the Langhuan Blessed Land with Qiao Ranran last time and gain an opportunity of his own. That was the only reason Yan Qingsui had not left him behind. He had even advanced to Nascent Soul Great Perfection in a short span of time. Unfortunately, Yu Mingxuan had tampered with him. His Fortune had been damaged, and his