As Little Buyu's voice rang out, Xu Taiping's blurred vision suddenly cleared.
The next moment.
He felt his body sink, and his feet landed on solid ground.
Xu Taiping had returned to the cave once more.
Thud!
Just then, the sound of something heavy falling to the ground suddenly echoed through the cave.
Xu Taiping looked toward the sound and saw a thin figure struggling to get up from the ground a short distance behind him.
Though she was a full size thinner than when he had last come, Xu Taiping was certain that she was his little junior sister, Lin Buyu.
"Junior Sister Bu... Buyu, are you all right?"
Xu Taiping hurried forward and helped Little Buyu up from the ground.
As he helped her up, Xu Taiping's heart jolted for no apparent reason, for he discovered that it would be no exaggeration to say that Little Buyu was now nothing but skin and bones.
Normally, an ordinary person who had grown this thin would surely have lost all vitality.
Yet aside from being somewhat weak, Little Buyu did not seem to have any major problems.
So, while helping Little Buyu up, he used his spiritual sense to probe her aura, only to discover, much to his astonishment, fluctuations equivalent to those of a Gate Opening Realm cultivator.
Then Xu Taiping remembered the Remnant Sunset Scripture he had left Little Buyu before his departure and thought:
Could Little Buyu have broken through to the Gate Opening Realm on her own, relying solely on the Remnant Sunset Scripture I left her?
Little Buyu seemed to notice the change in Xu Taiping's expression and timidly asked him:
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
Knowing that his aura had frightened Little Buyu, Xu Taiping quickly shook his head. "Nothing."
He immediately changed the subject: