"Elder Lei! Why the rush?" A streak of gray-black spiritual light flashed, and a medium-built cultivator with a fierce face appeared before Li Xiaoya and the others. He wore dark red armor covered in copper-coin-shaped plates. He greeted Elder Lei, then froze at the sight of Li Xiaoya. His gaze immediately fell on the Legacy Disciple token Li Xiaoya wore, and his eyes narrowed in displeasure, though he said nothing.
"It's nothing! Martial Nephew Li has a Teleportation Spirit Token, but he's also under orders from the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones to attend to urgent business on the East Xia Continent. If we delay any longer, he won't wait!" Elder Lei hurriedly explained.
Whoosh!
Just then!
Several other figures appeared before them at astonishing speed. There were three in total: a petite female cultivator of the Heavenly Demon Race, with two red braids reaching her knees, snow-white leather armor, a cute face, and very fair skin; a short elderly cultivator wearing a small hat, with three eyes, dark skin, and white hair covering the upper half of his face and his eyes; and finally, a bull-race cultivator in brown robes, with two horns on his head and dark red skin. He belonged to the same Bull-Head Race that Li Xiaoya was currently disguised as.
"My respects to you, esteemed elders!" Li Xiaoya hurriedly greeted them respectfully. After a pause, he explained, "The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones has entrusted me with an urgent matter, so I'm rather pressed for time. Please forgive me..."
The cultivators all looked displeased, evidently because Li Xiaoya would only wait half an hour. But with that convenient justification, these Heaven-and-Earth Realm Great Cultivators dared not say anything...
After all, in terms of power and influence, the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones was one of