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"Yes! That's only what I heard!" Lingxin hesitated before telling Li Xiaoya, "However, Senior Xiao Hanlan's Steel-armored Beetles are supposedly much larger. Perhaps I was mistaken!"
"Oh! I see!" Understanding dawned on Li Xiaoya...
Li Xiaoya had always felt that the Steel-armored Beetles were far too bloodthirsty and brutal. Once they attacked in a frenzy, they devoured the flesh and souls of demon beasts and cultivators alike. Such slaughter offended the harmony of heaven, and it was not his preferred way of defeating an enemy. Thus, powerful though the beetles were, he seldom brought them out in battle, only using them occasionally when necessary...
Now that he had heard Xiao Hanlan also possessed these blood-red Steel-armored Beetles, he was rather surprised. It also reminded him of something else. According to Second Better back then, most of the diamond grass in the Golden Treasure Tower had also been planted by Xiao Hanlan. Why had Xiao Hanlan done that? Li Xiaoya found it rather puzzling. The more he thought about it, the less he understood. Yet the news that Xiao Hanlan was actually a rogue cultivator wandering among the various star realms left him even more frustrated. Traveling between star realms was clearly beyond someone of his cultivation. Although there were only thirty-three Greater Star Realms throughout heaven and earth, the Lesser Star Realms were as numerous as the stars. There were countless star realms. Even if Li Xiaoya attained that level of cultivation, finding Xiao Hanlan would still be little more than a fool's dream...
With these thoughts in mind, Li Xiaoya looked around. Seeing that the Greenfolk army had almost entirely fled, he promptly told Lingxin, "Well then, Fellow Daoist Lingxin! I have other important matters to attend to. I'll take my leave!"
"Wait! Fellow Daoist Li!" Lingxin hurriedly