The newcomer wore a white palace dress and stood on a blue flying boat, which was actually a high-grade spiritual artifact. Only when the newcomer drew closer did Li Xiaoya notice the tall, graceful figure. A hazy white veil covered the cultivator's face, clearly reinforced with powerful magic power. Even his formidable divine sense could not penetrate the veil to see the face beneath it, and the newcomer's aura seemed to have been deliberately concealed as well.
"..." The newcomer flew closer to them. Li Xiaoya distinctly felt the cultivator slow down considerably, seemingly sizing them up. Perhaps it was his imagination, but he thought the newcomer trembled slightly. Then blue light blazed from the little boat, and it immediately flew away toward the top of the mountain, with the newcomer casting one last glance back at them.
"Oh, that cultivator's magic power was so profound! And yet they were only at the core condensation stage. They seemed to have reached the core condensation great perfection stage too, and looked close to a breakthrough!" Zhang Hong exclaimed after the newcomer had flown away.
"Yes! That seemed to be the cultivator who was probing me with divine sense just now. I thought it was a Golden Core Stage Cultivator!" Li Xiaoya hastily replied. After a pause, he continued, "But I don't think that cultivator meant us any harm. Still, something about their silhouette felt very familiar, as though I'd seen them somewhere before."
"Hmph! You say every woman you see looks familiar!" Zhang Hong pursed her lips and scolded him.
"Ah, haha..." Li Xiaoya finally understood what an unreasonable woman was like. He could only shrug and give a foolish laugh without answering.
"Oh, right, junior brother!" Seeing that Li Xiaoya would not argue with her, Zhang Hong suddenly remembered something