However, although the unit had dispersed, Liu Changxu and his father, Liu Shihao, did not leave. Like the other Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Fifth Squadron, they stayed and gathered around the two squadron commanders. After all, they would be taking orders from the two commanders in the coming battles, so establishing good relations with them was vital.
After Liu Changxu and his father, Liu Shihao, paid their respects to the two commanders, Liu Xiyun asked Liu Changxu with a lilting laugh, "Little brother, how old are you this year?"
Responding to Liu Xiyun's teasing question, Liu Changxu played along and said with a smile, "Reporting to Sister Liu, your little brother is twenty-four this year!"
Everyone present was astonished by Liu Changxu's answer! Even Liu Xiyun was taken aback. She had asked because she sensed that Liu Changxu was young, but she had never expected him to be this young.
Although quite a few cultivators in the Azure Cloud Sect reached Foundation Establishment in their teens, every one of them was a gifted disciple of the sect.
She herself was a cultivator with water and wood dual spiritual roots, selected to cultivate in the Azure Cloud Sect from childhood. Even with abundant cultivation resources, she had only broken through to Foundation Establishment at twenty-seven.
Yet Liu Changxu, a cultivator raised in a small, remote lineage, had managed to reach Foundation Establishment in his twenties. It was truly unbelievable. Moreover, his aura was exceptionally stable and gave her a faint sense of danger. Clearly, he had not achieved this by gulping down pills. This filled her with curiosity and affection for the handsome young Liu Changxu!
She was not the only one. Even Li Zijian, himself once a prodigy, developed a keen interest in Liu Changxu.
Seeing how outstanding Liu