(Ugh! I got back really late yesterday, and early this morning something came up at work, so I had to go out again! I really hope I get time off for National Day!)
"Uh! If I hadn't... ah!" Li Xiaoya had just been about to argue when the girl's figure blurred amid a cloud of white smoke, then appeared before him. An utterly adorable girl stood in front of him, leaving him so stunned that the words died on his lips. She looked fourteen or fifteen, with little braids all over her head. Her big, bright black eyes sparkled like stars with a mischievous gleam as she looked at him. Her dainty nose was as fair and delicate as ivory, and the skin of her little oval face resembled a porcelain doll's. Strips of what looked like talismans hung all over her white clothes. In her hand, she held an exceptionally emerald-green jade staff taller than she was. Her cultivation seemed to be at the peak of the ninth level of the True Cultivation Stage as well.
"Huh? A disciple of the Heavenly Spirit Church?" The moment Li Xiaoya saw her outfit, he recalled how the Heavenly Spirit Church disciples he had seen not long ago had dressed. Those white robes covered in talismans had looked rather eerie on them, but on this adorable girl, they looked utterly cute. Li Xiaoya felt an urge to ruffle her little head. Abandoning his intended retort, he cleared his throat twice and explained, "Ahem! I was just worried you'd be discovered!"
"Worried I'd be discovered? That talisman you're wearing may be pretty good, but I have a treasure that can turn me invisible too. I'm not afraid of a Core Condensation Stage cultivator's Divine Sense probing!" The adorable girl showed no appreciation at