"Ah! Senior Brother Wang! Did you just come out too?" Li Xiaoya heard someone greet him as soon as he emerged. Turning to look, he saw the Four Friends of the Wang. He hurried over to greet his old acquaintances.
"Oh? Junior Brother Li! You've broken through to the ninth layer?" Wang Ding studied Li Xiaoya closely and spoke in surprise.
Hearing this, the other three hurriedly used the Sensing Art to examine Li Xiaoya. All of them were astonished. He had broken through to the ninth layer in barely twenty-odd days?
"Haha! That's right. I just broke through to the ninth layer," Li Xiaoya answered without denying it.
"Ah! Your cultivation advances at a truly enviable pace, Junior Brother Li. No wonder our patriarch, Heavenly Venerable Daoling, took you as his disciple!" Wang Ding said with great envy.
"Not at all, not at all. I'd already been stuck at the peak of the eighth layer for several months. Breaking through in Demon Beast Valley was an incredible stroke of luck. I've really brought shame on my master's reputation," Li Xiaoya said modestly.
"Hehe, you're being too modest, Junior Brother Li!" Wang Ding hardly dared pass judgment on Heavenly Venerable Daoling, so he offered a perfunctory reply.
"By the way, did you just come out too?" Remembering his earlier question, Li Xiaoya asked again.
"No, we came out long ago. We usually hunt inside for five or six days before coming out. This is already our fourth visit!" Wang Ding explained.
"I see. We really must be linked by fate, running into each other again. Oh! Your cultivation seems to have improved a little too! Congratulations, everyone." Li Xiaoya looked them over. No wonder they were so clean. Examining them more closely, he noticed that all of their cultivation had