The two female cultivators were none other than Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong!
Only neither of them wore her original face anymore!
But why were the two of them with Master Long and the others?
As it turned out!
According to Dong Santong, he had still been in Qianshan's cave abode when Qianshan entered seclusion all those years ago. When he left, Qianshan had told him that he intended to remain in seclusion for several hundred years. For one thing, his journey had yielded tremendous gains. For another, Xiao Zhi had lost a great deal of vital energy saving Li Xiaoya. That was why this seclusion would last so long, though for Qianshan, it was perfectly normal.
The restriction on Li Muzhi was indeed the same as the one on Mother Li. That meant waiting several hundred years for Qianshan to emerge was out of the question. Li Xiaoya would have to interrupt his seclusion. Given Li Xiaoya's current standing, asking Qianshan to remove it would hardly be a problem, but he had other considerations. He had already troubled Qianshan with so many things. Asking for help yet again left him feeling deeply guilty!
So he decided to kill Black Old Devil first. There were two ways to remove this restriction: find a Spirit Communion Stage Great Cultivator to help, as before, or kill Black Old Devil. Without Black Old Devil's soul restriction, even Li Xiaoya could undo the restriction on Li Muzhi himself. Thus, he resolved to join this great battle and seek an opportunity to kill Black Old Devil.
In truth, Li Xiaoya hated Black Old Devil to his very bones. Not only had that devil destroyed his family and left him wandering in Great Illusion, he had also imprisoned Li Muzhi and hunted down Li Xiaoya and