Chapter 52: The search
Chapter 52: The search
"What do you mean, you're going? Stay out of it!" Zhang Cai's face hardened, and he snapped without hesitation.
"Senior Brother Zhang, do you remember what I just told you? I'm going, no matter what!" Li Xiaoya insisted stubbornly. He paused, saw Zhang Cai about to argue again, and suddenly chuckled. "If you won't let me go, I'll tell everyone about that!"
"You!" Zhang Cai choked on his words, too furious to speak. Of course he knew what Li Xiaoya meant: exposing the fiend's identity as Ma Weiqi of the Heavenly Dao Sect. If that came out, he would have trouble explaining himself when he returned. But his master valued Li Xiaoya so highly that if anything happened to him, that would be just as hard to explain.
"I'm going too!" Seeing Li Xiaoya so determined, Dong Santong's plump, round face lit with excitement, and he declared his intentions with his blood boiling.
"What are you butting in for?" Zhang Cai cursed. His figure flashed as he kicked at Dong Santong.
Whoosh! Dong Santong's figure flickered and vanished into thin air. Zhang Cai's kick actually struck nothing.
"I'm going, and that's that!" Dong Santong reappeared beside Li Xiaoya and waved his fist.
"..." His kick having missed, Zhang Cai was taken aback. How has this fat brat's divine ability improved over the past few days? He looked at Li Xiaoya, then Dong Santong. Both were prized disciples of the Three Immortals of the Heavenly Dao; if anything happened to either of them, he would have trouble explaining himself. Although they were only at the core condensation great perfection stage, even ordinary golden core stage cultivators might not be their match in divine abilities. There was only one opponent, after all. He would