"Late twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation!" Xiao Hua checked his cultivation and felt slightly startled. Judging by his previous pace, it should have taken another month or two to reach the late stage. Yet when he recalled the peril just now, along with that unprecedented experience, a lingering fear still remained in his heart. He truly could not imagine what would have become of him if he had not made a prompt decision and resolutely shouted the vow, "Slay gods when gods stand in the way, slay Buddhas when Buddhas stand in the way!"
"The greater the price paid, the greater the harvest indeed!" Xiao Hua mused to himself. "But this kind of inner demon is far too insidious. I had cultivated for so many years without ever encountering one, yet I ran into it last night!"
"Darkness truly is the time when cultivators are at their weakest! Even though cultivators can see in the black of night as clearly as in broad daylight!"
Just as Xiao Hua was sighing with emotion, he sensed a slight disturbance in the formation of the East Ridge Medicine Garden. He picked up the command token and opened the spell formation. A scarlet communication talisman flew in. When Xiao Hua crushed it, Xiangyang's familiar voice came from within: "Congratulations to Junior Brother on returning from the Feathered Immortal Convention!"
"Haha, Eldest Senior Brother has emerged from seclusion!" Xiao Hua said with a laugh, turning a somersault in midair.
Without further hesitation, he closed the formation again and used Zhe Lei Evasion to fly toward Myriad Thunder Valley. After his figure vanished, spatial ripples flickered beyond the white clouds in the distant sky. A cultivator wearing Mihuan revealed himself and murmured in astonishment, "This little cultivator... actually knows a Lightning Evasion Technique? That truly is