"Haha! Senior Brother Li!" As Dong Santong and the other two approached Li Xiaoya's cave abode, they saw him fly out from inside, and Dong Santong greeted him with a laugh.
"Mm, City Lord Du and Senior Iron are here too!" Li Xiaoya nodded, then turned to address Du Chengfeng and Iron Lady.
"Yes, indeed." Du Chengfeng nodded, then continued with a chuckle, "Now that you're a Golden Core Stage cultivator too, Xiao Ya, just call us senior brother and senior sister, as San Tong does."
"Of course, Senior Brother Du, Senior Sister Du!" Li Xiaoya hastily cupped his hands, then gestured for everyone to enter. "Let's head inside first."
"All right!"
As they spoke, Li Xiaoya led everyone through the entrance of his cave abode to an exquisitely built little pavilion in the rear garden. Once they were seated, he asked, "I heard from Du Yiran that you two had gone away on business. Did everything go smoothly?"
"Hehe, we originally intended to wait until you came out of seclusion and take you along. But the Mystic Heaven Way selection was drawing near, and you still hadn't emerged. The three of us couldn't wait any longer, so we went ahead. Fortunately, with San Tong's help, we succeeded in one stroke. Everything went very smoothly!" Du Chengfeng chuckled, looking thoroughly pleased.
"Oh? Then does this have something to do with our Du Household's Mystic Heaven Way selection three years from now?" Li Xiaoya asked curiously.
"Haha! To be precise, it concerns all three of us-no, all four of us. Take a look at this!" As Iron Lady spoke, she took a long-necked jade bottle from the Storage Pouch tucked against her chest. Its body was the size of a fist, and it was as long as an arm.
The bottle