"Who?" Hearing the sudden voice, the cultivators froze in astonishment... and cried out in unison... Every one of them looked tense, and some secretly readied spells and magic treasures to attack...
Then...
"Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!" An astonishing power of laws hummed and surged above the cultivators, sending out ring after ring of magical ripples...
In an instant...
"Whoosh!" A figure wreathed in blue-green spiritual light flashed out of those spatial ripples. With a few flickers, he appeared in midair... Who else could it be but Li Xiaoya?
At the sight!
"!" The cultivators first froze...
"Greetings, Immortal Ancestor!" Zhenningzi and Princess Chu Chu started violently, wild joy instantly filling their eyes. They hurriedly bowed to Li Xiaoya with the utmost reverence... then fell to their knees...
"!" Hearing this, the cultivators all froze, then hastily paid their respects with the utmost reverence. "Greetings, Lord Immortal Ancestor...!" Their voices were perfectly unified...
"Rise!" Li Xiaoya looked over the cultivators. First spotting Zhenningzi, he showed a trace of satisfaction. Zhenningzi's talent was indeed astonishing: he had already reached the second level of the early Immortal Tribulation Stage... Princess Chu Chu, however, was still at the peak of the Mighty One Stage... But as he swept his gaze over the other cultivators, Li Xiaoya frowned...
"Thank you, Immortal Ancestor!" The cultivators hurriedly answered respectfully. Even without considering Li Xiaoya's identity, the faint yet supremely dangerous pressure emanating from him told them he was surely beyond the Immortal Tribulation Stage...
"Zhenningzi!" Li Xiaoya dispensed with pleasantries and addressed him directly. "What happened? It seems quite a few of our clansmen are missing...!"
"Well...!" Zhenningzi faltered. Though Li Xiaoya had not disclosed his cultivation, his aura clearly surpassed that of an Immortal Tribulation Stage cultivator, yet seemed somewhat short of a True Immortal's. He