"Senior!" the female cultivator called out loudly, disappointment showing on her face.
But!
Li Xiaoya was nowhere to be seen.
"Senior Sister!" The other three female cultivators hurried over to the mature-looking woman, calling out.
"Senior Sister! Where did that senior go?" one of them asked as she approached, looking around as though hoping to catch sight of Li Xiaoya.
"What a pity! If only that senior could help our Heartmind City!" The mature-looking woman smacked her lips and murmured.
"What do we do now?" another female cultivator asked, her face full of worry and anxiety. "If we can't find reinforcements, I'm afraid the Greenfolk will slaughter everyone in Heartmind City and our Heartmind Pavilion!"
"That senior is a cultivator of our Huaxia Human Race, after all. How could he just abandon us like this?" The last woman, who looked the youngest, pouted and complained resentfully, looking close to tears.
"Tsk! We didn't even get a chance to tell him! Perhaps he had something urgent to attend to!" Though the oldest woman also looked regretful, she still said this. After a pause, she continued, "Let's keep going. We'll head to Qinlong City in Qinlong Territory and ask the Qinlong Sect for help!"
"Senior Sister! Qinlong Territory is too far away. Even if we can make it there, who knows how long it'll take!" one of the cultivators complained.
"What else can we do? Let Heartmind City fall?" the woman snapped angrily. Then she turned to the others and said, "Let's go!" With that, she flew off ahead...
"Yes, Senior Sister!" The other three hastily answered and shot forward...
Meanwhile, a hundred li away in the sky, Li Xiaoya flew slowly forward, thinking with a wry smile, Tsk! These little girls! To him, these female cultivators, fifty or so at