Li Yingling could not help her lips curling upward at Li Xingtian's expression, as though he could not believe anyone could suffer such injustice. She reached out and patted this Second Junior Brother, who truly had worked hard and accomplished much, and offered some comfort:
"That title is wonderfully imposing. As your Eldest Senior Sister, I'm terribly envious. Announce that title, and anyone would think you were exceptionally clever, an old devil with unfathomable schemes."
"Junior Brother, you ought to know that these days, it's better to be taken for a scheming old devil than an innocent cultivator lacking in intelligence."
Li Xingtian let out a wistful sigh at that.
"I always thought innocent was a good word, actually."
"That depends on who says it." Li Yingling's gaze seemed to pierce the clouds below as she spoke softly. "From me or Master, it naturally wouldn't quite count, but from Sandong or you, it should be a good word."
"Eldest Senior Sister, isn't that insult a little obvious?"
"Hehe? Is it? Then innocent isn't a good word coming from you either."
Li Xingtian was struck speechless for a moment before finally saying helplessly:
"That sounds like an insult too."
Li Yingling did not let up and continued:
"Oh? Junior Brother has actually become this perceptive? Then innocent counts as an insult when you say it."
Unable to bear it any longer, Li Xingtian looked at Li Yingling and said solemnly:
"Eldest Senior Sister, you're so innocent."
His words had just fallen.
A blazing white light pierced through the clouds below, followed closely by the circulation of an overwhelmingly powerful Dao Resonance.
All the clouds drifting beneath the peaks were instantly swept into motion by that Dao Resonance, revealing the view they had concealed below.
Several streaks of azure light could be