"Young Master Xia, it has been a while. To think we all misjudged you."
At the Xia Residence, Xia Ziyi followed the others home, only to find Elder Fang already waiting in his courtyard.
Elder Fang sat beside the stone table and waved a hand. The others took their leave.
"Who exactly are you, and what do you want?" Xia Ziyi looked at Elder Fang, his eyelids twitching violently. The spiritual intuition that had naturally grown with his cultivation told him that this man must never be provoked, that he was someone Xia Ziyi could not possibly match. Yet concern for the Xia Household and his mother had forced him to return and face all this.
Had he merely been a wilderness rogue cultivator, he would probably have fled long ago.
What Xia Ziyi had yet to consider, however, was that if he had merely been a wilderness rogue cultivator, the other party would never have been so courteous. They would simply have sent experts to seize him and take him away, without even alerting outsiders.
Elder Fang said, "Do not misunderstand. We are from the Immortal Alliance. We came only to find you and confirm something."
"What is it?" Xia Ziyi asked warily.
Elder Fang smiled. "At this point, Young Master Xia, there is no need to feign ignorance. Your unusual attainment of Core Formation, of course."
Xia Ziyi frowned. "Since when has the Immortal Alliance meddled so broadly? If I was lucky and obtained a treasure through a fortuitous encounter, must I report it to you?"
Elder Fang said, "If Young Master Xia obtained a treasure through a fortuitous encounter and unexpectedly advanced to Core Formation, I would naturally have no objection. Indeed, I would be sincerely pleased for you. It would mean another capable expert within our