"What? We Immortal Cultivators judge people by their cultivation. Got a problem with that? If you do, let's have a duel!" the willful female disciple said as though it were only natural. Then something occurred to her, and she exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Did you just say you were Grandmaster Daoling's disciple? Could you be the one they were talking about?" She looked Li Xiaoya up and down as she spoke, apparently having heard what he looked like.
"That's right!" Seeing that she was finally relenting a little, Li Xiaoya hurriedly thumped his chest. "I'm the one they were talking about! I'm Li Xiaoya, a disciple of Grandmaster Heavenly Venerable Daoling! Guaranteed genuine, no cheating young or old!" As he spoke, he steered his Dharma Artifact a little closer so the willful female disciple could get a better look at him.
"Ohhh!" The willful female disciple drew out the sound, seemingly acknowledging him. But what she said next nearly sent Li Xiaoya tumbling headfirst off his Flying Dharma Artifact. Brushing aside the loose hair on her forehead, she smiled. "So you're Heavenly Venerable Daoling's disciple, the one those senior sisters said had only reached the third level of his Cultivation Method? Though you seem to have reached the fifth level now. You're not the third-level good-for-nothing they described!"
"Seriously?!" Li Xiaoya nearly toppled off the Azure Wind Leaf at her words. His face alternated between red and white, and only after a long pause did he scratch the back of his head and say sheepishly, "Haven't I already broken through to the fifth level of my Cultivation Method? That's all in the past. Let's not bring it up anymore!"
"Hmph! Who knows what Grandmaster Heavenly Venerable Daoling saw in you! You look pretty ordinary to me!" The willful female disciple