(Second update)
Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya sat meditating in the clearing, calming the surging magic power within him. Several hours passed in a flash, yet he showed no sign of finishing. Zhang Hong had also finished telling everyone about what Li Xiaoya, Liu Qingshan, and the others had encountered on Ancient Demon Mountain, though she said not a word about her awkward relationship with Liu Qingshan.
"Ah! No wonder senior brother was so furious and brimming with killing intent. It was all to avenge Senior Brother Liu Qingshan!" Dong Santong said with a sigh after hearing Zhang Hong's account.
"Ah, that's just the kind of man he is. He doesn't act like an immortal cultivator at all!" Zhang Hong murmured, gazing tenderly at Li Xiaoya's figure within the formation.
"Yaya! That temperament makes him just like his father!" Mother Li suddenly smiled.
"..." Blue Ice said nothing. With white gauze covering her face, no one could see her expression.
"Fairy Blue!" Zhang Hong looked at Blue Ice, her thoughts unreadable, then suddenly said, "Thank you!"
"Hmm?" Blue Ice froze, seemingly only just coming back to her senses. She looked at Zhang Hong in puzzlement before understanding and smiling. "There's no need to thank me. I only did it because I consider Fellow Daoist Li a dear friend!"
"Hey! What are you two talking about?" Dong Santong asked, bewildered.
Just as everyone was discussing this-
"Roar!!!!! Roar!!!!" The furious cries of demon beasts suddenly drifted faintly toward them from afar.
"Whoosh!!!!" A layer of pink illusion mist came billowing toward their position.
"Tch! Why is that illusion mist back again?" Everyone cried out at the sight. During their battle with the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators earlier, the illusion mist had apparently been blasted apart by the fighting and had disappeared for quite