(First update)
"Ah! Fairy Blue!" Li Xiaoya suddenly noticed that Blue Ice was flying straight toward the two of them and called out to her from afar.
"Hmm!" Zhang Hong found the approaching woman's figure somewhat familiar, yet her aura felt completely unfamiliar. Suspicion stirred in her heart.
"Fellow Daoist Li!" Blue Ice seemed to have come specifically for them and greeted Li Xiaoya as well.
"Haha! It's been years, Fairy Blue, but you're as radiant as ever!" Li Xiaoya swept his divine sense over Blue Ice and discovered that her cultivation had barely advanced. It seemed only slightly higher than when they had parted all those years ago. He found that rather strange, but still laughed warmly.
"Ah! You flatter me! After all these years, your cultivation has grown even more formidable, Fellow Daoist Li!" Blue Ice replied. As she spoke, she flew up before him, then suddenly turned toward Zhang Hong. "Oh! Who might this fairy be?"
"Oh! This is Zhang Hong, my senior sister!" Li Xiaoya hurriedly introduced her, then paused and hastily added, "She's also my Dual Cultivation Partner! Hehe!" Though Zhang Hong wore a smiling expression, she was secretly dealing him a vicious pinch behind his back, forcing him to say it. He discreetly escaped her demonic claws and introduced Blue Ice to her. "Senior sister, this is Fairy Blue, Blue Ice, whom I told you about. She was stranded on the Origin Continent with us!"
"Ah! A pleasure to meet you, Fairy Blue!" Zhang Hong greeted her with easy grace.
"Hehe, a pleasure to meet you, Fairy Zhang. You're truly blessed, Fellow Daoist Li, to have such a heavenly beauty as your Dao Companion!" Blue Ice replied just as graciously, lavishing praise on Zhang Hong.
Hearing herself praised in front of the man she