"Huh! Why are they coming toward us?" Li Xiaoya froze. Both he and Dong Santong had disguised their auras as those of ordinary Demonic Path cultivators. Normally, even fellow Demonic Path cultivators would not approach strangers without a reason. This was rather strange. Could something have happened to the Heavenly Spirit Church? Li Xiaoya wondered.
However, Zhou Xiaoya was the only Nascent Soul Realm cultivator approaching, so neither of them had any reason to avoid her.
Sure enough!
Before long, Zhou Xiaoya came hurtling toward Li Xiaoya, sitting sidesaddle on her Green Jade Staff with an air of leisurely ease. Seven or eight Golden Core Stage Cultivators followed behind her...
"Heehee! Fellow Daoists, long time no see!" Zhou Xiaoya, who had already reached the third layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, greeted them with a radiant smile.
"?" Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong exchanged glances. Clearly, Zhou Xiaoya had recognized them, which came as quite a surprise. Dong Santong's disguise was not particularly clever, but Li Xiaoya had altered his appearance with the Transformation Technique. How had she recognized him? Startled inwardly, Li Xiaoya smiled faintly. "Oh! You must be Fellow Daoist Zhou Xiaoya, the Saintess of the Heavenly Spirit Church? To meet you here-what good fortune earned over three lifetimes!" He deliberately avoided admitting his identity, wanting to see whether she had truly recognized them.
"Hey!" Zhou Xiaoya knitted her lovely brows, then suddenly turned to the cultivators beside her. "Go back first. I'll be along shortly!"
"Yes!" The cultivators behind her answered respectfully. Not daring to say anything more, they swiftly flew back toward the Heavenly Spirit Church.
"Hey! Brother Xiaoya! We've only been apart for a little over a hundred years, and you don't recognize me anymore?" Zhou Xiaoya complained coquettishly to Li Xiaoya.
"Haha! Of course