"But!! Didn't Uncle-Master Qianshan say my master had successfully advanced? How could he still suffer qi deviation?" Dong Santong asked in confusion.
"I don't know about that!" Li Xiaoya hurriedly replied. "The pill formula I gave Uncle-Master Qianshan was for expelling demons!"
"Ahem! Something involving demonic qi doesn't necessarily mean qi deviation!" Heavenly Venerable Daoling suddenly said from beside them.
"Exactly! Perhaps senior brother was possessed by a demonic beast!" Fairy Qingxia agreed.
"Possessed by a demonic beast?" Dong Santong and Li Xiaoya froze in surprise. Li Xiaoya suddenly remembered someone. Hadn't the Fourth Elder of the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect suffered the same thing back on the Origin Continent? At that thought, he hurriedly asked, "Wouldn't that be terribly troublesome?"
"Uh! That's only a guess. We'll have to wait until Uncle-Master Qianshan has observed him before we can say anything definite!" Heavenly Venerable Daoling replied with a wry smile.
"Oh! True!" Understanding dawned on the two of them. Neither Dong Santong nor Li Xiaoya would ordinarily have been involved in this matter, but Dong Santong was Buddha Xuanmen's only disciple, while Li Xiaoya had provided considerable help during Buddha Xuanmen's advancement. That was why High Person Qianshan had summoned them.
"Oh, right!" Fairy Qingxia suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly asked Li Xiaoya, "Xiao Ya! That was you up in the sky just now, wasn't it? Why didn't the heavenly tribulation lightning affect you?"
"That's right! Senior brother! Were you hurt?" Dong Santong started and hastily asked Li Xiaoya as well.
"Uh! I'm fine! That lightning looked frightening, but it didn't seem very powerful. Could it only affect heaven and earth spiritual qi?" Li Xiaoya paused, then answered offhandedly.
"Surely not! That was a heavenly tribulation!" Fairy Qingxia said at once.
Li Xiaoya froze, looking somewhat puzzled himself.