(Third Update)
"Ah!!!!" Li Xiaoya had just stood up when Liu Xian'er screamed behind him. Her pretty face flushed scarlet, and she turned away, stammering in a panic, "Y-you... put... put some clothes on!"
"Huh?" Li Xiaoya started in shock, only then realizing that he was stark naked. Hastily covering his private parts, he picked up his Heaven-and-Earth Bag and pointed a finger, dressing himself in a set of clothes. "Senior Sister Zhang Hong!" he called toward the cave entrance, flying out as he spoke.
Boom! Boom!!!
"Ah!!!"
Li Xiaoya was still at the cave entrance when he suddenly heard Zhang Hong roar outside, followed by a series of violent explosions. Alarmed, he hurried to fly out, only to realize at once that something was wrong. His magic power had actually fallen considerably. Only then did he remember that, while he and Liu Xian'er were practicing Dual Cultivation, something strange had happened to her body, making his magic power surge into her at an accelerated rate, seemingly repairing her meridians. He had not asked Liu Xian'er exactly what had happened, but he supposed it was connected to her inability to advance her cultivation realm. At that thought, he paused and looked back at her. Liu Xian'er was clutching his robe around herself with both hands, watching him with a somewhat dejected expression. When he suddenly turned back, her pretty face reddened, and she hastily turned away, not daring to look at him.
Li Xiaoya froze at the sight, then recalled Liu Xian'er's strange behavior recently while disguised as Blue Ice, as well as the sharp decline in her magic power. She must have had no other choice, must she? Thinking this, he sighed inwardly. Oh, forget it! As long as Xian'er is all right!
"Ah!!!!! Why?!" Zhang Hong suddenly cried