"Senior Li..." Xiao Hua caught up from behind. Seeing the two of them like this, he sighed inwardly and cupped his hands. "This junior... takes his leave!"
"Oh, good..." As Li Zongbao spoke, he patted his hand against his storage pouch, took out two communication talismans, and handed them to Xiao Hua. "Fellow Daoist Xiao, meeting is fate. Moreover, we have passed through life and death together. These are this poor Daoist's communication talismans; keep them. If fate allows, we may meet again at the Joyful Sect in Lian Kingdom!"
Xiao Hua looked at the two communication talismans and could not help but pause in slight surprise. But he immediately understood, accepted them with a smile, and said, "This junior understands. If... fate permits, all of us fellow Daoists who have passed through life and death together may meet again!"
Li Zongbao nodded with a smile, then turned his face toward the direction Cai Zhuoxia had flown away in, seemingly lost in thought.
Knowing how he felt, Xiao Hua cupped his hands without saying more and flew away on his own. Yet after flying for only a short while, he immediately landed. Nonsense—there was a Foundation Establishment cultivator on good terms with him cultivating in seclusion nearby, so what was he afraid of? He should naturally find a place close by, properly study that fire-element cultivation method, then sort through the pill furnace, pills, and other things he had obtained from Hundred Zhang Peak!
After searching for a long time, Xiao Hua found a very concealed mountain cave. He blocked its entrance with enormous boulders, then embedded Moonlight Stones into the cave walls. By the glow of the Moonlight Stones, he took out the newly acquired Burning Heaven Art and carefully read it several times, committing all its contents to