"Your message?" Helpless sneered coldly. "Your messaging talisman is still in your storage pouch, isn't it? I was the one who told him to come!"
"Hehe, this disciple forgot!" Xiangyang scratched his head and said with honest simplicity, "These past few days, this disciple had been meaning to look for Junior Brother Xiao. When I saw him come to Myriad Thunder Valley, I thought I had sent him a messaging talisman myself. I never expected it was actually Master who sent one!"
"What did you want with him?" Helpless pressed for every last detail.
What Helpless had not expected was that Xiangyang would answer so naturally, "It is like this, Master. This disciple feels that my cultivation has entered a bottleneck. Now is also the time for Foundation Establishment disciples to go out and gain experience. Qinglian wishes to go out, so this disciple wanted to accompany her! In the past, I was the only disciple in Myriad Thunder Valley, and Master often had to stand watch, so this disciple never went out to gain much experience. But now it is different. Junior Brother Cui has established his residence in Myriad Thunder Valley and needs to nurture his true essence. This disciple would like to ask Master for leave and go out to gain experience once!"
"Mm, not bad! You really have not gone out in a long time. And besides..." Helpless rarely wore such a kindly expression and no longer scolded Xiangyang. Yet halfway through his words, he stopped and did not continue. Instead, he changed the subject. "Go out more with Qinglian. There is no need to return too early either. Hongshen is here in Myriad Thunder Valley, so you need not worry."
"Yes, this disciple understands!" Xiangyang said with a bow.
Cui Hongshen also smiled. "Senior Brother,