"There is no one in this world without a Five Elements attribute! It is merely that the fire attribute has been concealed!" The Golden Core cultivator appeared within a small pavilion deep in the dense mist, a faint smile hanging from the corner of his mouth. As he spoke, he flicked his hand and took a crude bamboo flute from his sleeve, one without the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power. He gazed deeply at it before placing it to his lips. A melodious flute tune slowly began to sound once more... Meanwhile, when Xiao Hua returned to Thunder Peak, it was already past noon, and the sun overhead had begun to sink slightly westward.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao..." Seeing Xiao Hua appear on Thunder Peak, Xue Xue inexplicably felt her heart relax. She immediately leaped up, raised her hand, and called out, "Over here... over here..."
As Xiao Hua watched Xue Xue jumping in place, the surging fullness before her chest rose and fell with her movements. His eyes narrowed unconsciously, and he inexplicably licked his lips as he continued toward her.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao... did you pass the selection?" Xue Xue asked impatiently, her eyes fixed on him anxiously.
"Hehe, when I take the field, could I possibly return empty-handed? If I had been eliminated, I would naturally have gone to the western side of Thunder Peak. How could I be appearing here?" Xiao Hua said smugly.
Seeing Xiao Hua's smug look, Xue Xue not only did not find it annoying, but instead felt a trace of anticipation arise in her heart. It was as though... Xiao Hua ought to have been like this all along.
Curling her lips at him, Xue Xue said, "Hmph, it was a close call just now. If you had not been clever, you would