"I went to Talisman Valley to look for you earlier. The people still there said you had come to the Western Xuan Region, so I hurried over. As for my strength, I think you've already guessed..."
Seeing realization suddenly dawn on Hun Changqing's face, Ling Qingzhu smiled again.
"It must have something to do with that cultivation method from your Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace."
Hun Changqing spoke bluntly.
Ling Qingzhu nodded.
"That's right. I abandoned my Yuan Force and chose to cultivate only the entirely new power I sensed. Though I don't know exactly how strong I am now, I feel I should be a little stronger than the one beside you..."
As she finished, Ling Qingzhu turned toward the Desire Demon King beside Hun Changqing with a faint, knowing smile.
"Putting on an act!"
The Desire Demon King immediately bristled at her words. Growing a little hotheaded, she snorted, pink mist coiling around her arms as though she were ready to fight.
Yet Ling Qingzhu showed no fear. Seated cross-legged on the Green Lotus, she lightly moved her delicate fingers, and a strange, profound fluctuation spread around her.
When Hun Changqing had faced danger before, she had worried herself sick over him, her heart tangled in anxiety, and begged her master to save him at any cost.
And what had happened afterward? Hun Changqing had returned to the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace with Gu Xun'er, yet he had not even come to see her once, as though he had forgotten her entirely.
Moreover, Gu Xun'er's imposing authority had sunk deep into the hearts of every member of the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace. After discovering the relationship between Hun Changqing and Gu Xun'er, Ling Qingzhu had not dared to seek him out on her own.
That had