(First update)
While Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong were fooling around, a streak of blue escaping light raced through the sky several dozen li to one side of them. Within it was a female cultivator wearing a white palace dress, her face veiled in white gauze.
Meanwhile, in a primeval forest tens of thousands of li away, a stunning woman dressed entirely in red was sprinting forward. Rumble!!!!! Amid a barrage of deafening crashes, enormous trees whose trunks would take several people to encircle snapped as though struck by some gigantic monster, which pursued the woman...
Dong Santong and Li Xiaoya chased each other for a while. In the end, since Li Xiaoya still had his mother with him, he did not let things get too out of hand and stopped of his own accord. All he needed was to ease his embarrassment a little.
"Oh, right!! Senior Brother!" Dong Santong drew closer of his own accord. Looking down at the wooded hills and mountain mists below, he asked Li Xiaoya, "Didn't you ask around on the island? Where are we now?"
"Oh! We're in the Heavenly Spirit Kingdom!" Li Xiaoya answered. "This kingdom is the Heavenly Spirit Church's territory. Once we cross it, we'll reach the Liang Kingdom, where our Heavenly Dao Sect is." When their group first visited the island's Market District, Li Xiaoya had already asked for clear directions home. Mentioning the Heavenly Spirit Church, however, reminded him of someone: that adorable young female cultivator, Zhou Xiaoya. He wondered how the sweet little girl was doing.
Still, Zhou Xiaoya belonged to the Demonic Path, after all. Li Xiaoya had no reason to flatter himself and go looking for her at the Heavenly Spirit Church. He decided to lead everyone quietly across its territory rather than grow extra