Li Xiaoya was speechless. Dong Santong had utterly defeated him; he knew his aversion to moving about had flared up again. After parting ways with Dong Santong, he naturally did not go looking for an Artifact Refiner out of sheer boredom. Instead, he wandered around the Mystic Heaven Way on his own.
Much like the Heavenly Dao Sect, however, most cultivators walking around the Mystic Heaven Way were below the Core Condensation Stage. He soon found the stroll rather dull. He was a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, an unfamiliar face, and strikingly handsome, so the other cultivators kept stopping to stare at him. Some bolder female disciples even secretly cast flirtatious glances his way, looking as though they hoped this handsome senior with such profound cultivation would take a fancy to them. Even if they could not become his Dual Cultivation Partner, they would gladly become his concubine.
After only a short while, Li Xiaoya decided that coming out for a stroll had really not been a good idea. Just then, three pretty figures suddenly blocked his path.
"Greetings, Senior!" A beautiful female cultivator dressed in red, tall and voluptuous, bowed gracefully and spoke respectfully. The other two women beside her were quite lovely too, but they paled beside this beauty. All three were actually Core Condensation Stage cultivators, and the woman in red had even reached late condensed core, which was rather surprising.
"Hmm? Did you need something?" At the sight of her, a flicker of admiration crossed Li Xiaoya's eyes, and a familiar figure suddenly flashed through his mind. This female cultivator bore some resemblance to Zhang Hong. Tenderness welled up in his heart, and he suddenly found himself missing her. Despite those thoughts, his voice remained calm.
"I am Ouyang Qianru. We thought you resembled the legendary