"Hey! Junior Brother Li, I was only joking! We're good friends! Why would I care what you call me?" Seeing his dejected expression, Liu Xian'er hurriedly waved her hands and explained.
"I was only joking too!" Li Xiaoya hastened to insist. As for whether he had really taken it to heart, only he knew.
"Hmph! Shameless couple!" Dong Santong muttered as he repaired the ground left riddled with craters by their fight.
"You damned fatty, what did you say?!" Although Dong Santong's voice was barely audible, there was no way it could escape Li Xiaoya's current hearing. He cursed angrily and rolled up his sleeves, ready to go over and teach the fellow another lesson.
"Let it go, Junior Brother! It wouldn't be good if Patriarch Xuanmen saw you!" Liu Xian'er had naturally heard it too, and spoke gently.
"All right, all right. I'll listen to you!" The moment Li Xiaoya heard her sweet, lovely voice, a tingling sensation spread through his whole body, almost more than he could bear. He nodded repeatedly.
"Hehe!" Liu Xian'er found his exaggerated reaction so amusing that she couldn't help laughing.
"Bang! Bang, bang!" Seeing the two chatting so congenially-or perhaps because he was being punished here while the culprit enjoyed himself with a beauty nearby (enjoyed himself?)-Dong Santong felt thoroughly disgruntled. He made a tremendous racket, sending dust flying everywhere.
"Uh! Xian'er, let's go over to that bamboo grove and ignore this fatty!" Li Xiaoya suggested when he saw this.
"Sure! I've heard that the Bamboo Forest Sea on Jade Bamboo Peak is one of the Heavenly Dao Sect's wonders. We might as well take a look!" Liu Xian'er said with a smile.
"Great, let's go!"
Just as Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er headed toward the bamboo grove, the Three Immortals of the