"Martial Aunt?" Li Xiaoya brightened at her words and asked in delighted surprise, "She advanced to the core condensation stage?"
"Yes, Martial Aunt Lin advanced to the core condensation stage half a month ago. The news has spread all over Rainbow Rosy Peak," the female disciple confirmed. After a brief pause, she launched into an endless stream of chatter. "Founding Ancestor Qingxia even appeared in person for it! Ah, Grandmaster Qingxia is so beautiful. That was my first time seeing her. Oh, yes, Martial Aunt Lin is beautiful too. She advanced to the core condensation stage at just sixteen, making her the second-youngest cultivator ever to reach that stage in our Heavenly Dao Sect. Young Master Lin is truly blessed to be able to marry such a peerless woman, gifted in both beauty and talent. How enviable!"
"What does a female disciple like you have to envy?" Li Xiaoya said irritably, though he was delighted to hear that Lin Xian'er had emerged from seclusion. But the instant the words left his mouth, he realized something was wrong. He grabbed the female disciple's hand and exclaimed, "Young Master Lin? What Young Master Lin?"
"Hey! What are you doing? Let go!" Caught off guard when Li Xiaoya grabbed her hand, the female disciple flushed and shouted angrily.
"I'm so sorry! I'm sorry, Senior Sister!" Li Xiaoya hurriedly released her hand and apologized repeatedly. Seeing that her anger still had not subsided, he threw all other concerns aside, took a bottle containing a few True Cultivation Pills from his Storage Pouch, and pressed it into her hand. "It was all my fault for startling you, Senior Sister. Please accept these few True Cultivation Pills as my apology!"
"True Cultivation Pills?" the female disciple exclaimed. She quickly took the bottle and opened it, and