"Yes! Thank you for sparing my life, Senior!" Far from being angry, Ma Ang looked delighted and answered with the utmost respect.
"Go!" the voice continued, dripping with disdain.
"Thank you, Senior!" Ma Ang said with the utmost respect. Without another word, he transformed into a startling streak of light and flew away...
Hearing those words and watching Ma Ang slink away into the distant sky...
"He's back! He's come back...!" The Wang Household elders exchanged looks. One elder murmured to himself, his expression indescribably complicated...
"...!" The other elders wore strange expressions as well.
Just then!
On a cliff at the foot of the mountain, Wang Yan scrambled down the cliff face...
Naturally, he had heard those words too. That was why he was hurrying away!
"He really is a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!" Card Fairy said through voice transmission. "You little brat! We can't stay on Azure Spirit Mountain anymore. If that Nascent Soul Realm cultivator discovers us, we're both finished. Whatever you do, don't let him find you!"
"Got it!" Wang Yan nodded, swiftly descending the cliff. He dared not head toward the source of that voice, instead leaving by the Back Mountain... As he slipped down through the woods, he muttered inwardly, Somehow, his tone feels familiar, but I've definitely never heard that voice before. Could I have heard him speak somewhere?
With that thought, Wang Yan dared not delay and raced into the distance... His mind brimmed with questions.
Meanwhile, at the Wang Household!
"Whoosh, whoosh!" Wang Qing slowly descended from the sky and landed before the elders. The golden light and oppressive aura around him receded as well...
"...!" The Wang Household elders exchanged looks as they stared at Wang Qing, unsure how to address him. Calling him Senior seemed strange when he