"Is that Senior Brother Liu Hang?" Li Xiaoya spotted the man from afar and recognized him at a glance. Frightened, he hurried behind a nearby tree. Suddenly, he felt like a child who had run away after quarreling with his parents, only to return to the doorstep and lose the courage to face them. His heart pounded like a drum. I vanished for so many days without a word. Wasn't Senior Brother Liu Hang protecting me in Demon Beast Valley? Why is he here? Could that person not have been Senior Brother Liu Hang? How will he punish me? Should I go over?
"How much longer are you going to hide there? Get out here this instant!" Just as Li Xiaoya was hesitating, his mind running wild, Liu Hang suddenly turned toward his hiding place and shouted.
Ugh! Senior Brother Liu Hang is a Golden Core Stage cultivator. With such powerful divine sense, how could he possibly miss my movements? Ugh, I'm such an idiot! Li Xiaoya smacked his own head in frustration, then emerged from behind the tree with a broad smile plastered across his face. Scratching the back of his head, he said with a grin, "Hehehe! Senior Brother Liu Hang! I'm back!"
"Hmph! Where did you run off to? Only coming back now?" Liu Hang snorted, his expression grim. After looking him over, however, he suddenly said with pleased surprise, "Oh? You've broken through to the fourth level of your cultivation technique?"
"Yes, yes! Senior Brother Liu, I've advanced from early true cultivation to the middle stage!" Seeing his pleased expression, Li Xiaoya felt considerably relieved and hurriedly nodded. Yet he grew even more puzzled. Could that person in Demon Beast Valley really not have been Senior Brother Liu Hang? Who could it have been, then?
"Ahem!"