"Fatty, what are you laughing at?" Shortly after watching Ji Xingzi and the others leave, Li Xiaoya suddenly noticed Dong Santong beside him wearing a sly grin and asked curiously.
"Hahaha! Senior Brother, don't you think Ji Xingzi is funny?" Dong Santong asked, laughing.
"Funny?" Li Xiaoya paused, puzzled. "Not really?"
"Her name-Ji Xingzi, 'impatient one'!" Dong Santong repeated Ji Xingzi's name several times as he spoke.
"Oh, what's so funny about that?" Li Xiaoya shrugged, then suddenly added, "I keep feeling there's something strange about Ji Xingzi. There's a familiar aura about her."
"A familiar aura?" Dong Santong paused, then said, sounding rather bored, "We've only met a handful of people since coming to Tianyuan. How could she seem familiar?"
"That's true."
"Hahaha! Aren't those Fellow Daoist Tie and Fellow Daoist Du?" A hearty voice suddenly rang out from afar. Four cultivators dressed in red approached the group. One of them, a burly man with a short beard, called out from a distance. His magic power was deep and robust; he was unmistakably at the late Golden Core stage.
"Oh, Fellow Daoist Bai!" Iron Lady and Du Chengfeng quickly turned at his words. Pleasant surprise crossed their faces, and they hurried forward to greet him. Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong exchanged glances and followed.
"Haha! I heard long ago that the Du Household successfully defended its rule over Heavenly Lake City for the third time. And now you've passed the first two rounds of this selection trial. Congratulations!" Fellow Daoist Bai repeatedly cupped his hands toward Du Chengfeng.
"Haha! Congratulations to you as well! When the Bai Household defended its rule last time, we had urgent matters to attend to and couldn't visit to offer our congratulations in person. I hope you won't hold it against us, Fellow Daoist