Li Zongbao took Fairy Hongxia and flew toward the Teleportation Array. Behind them, Xiao Mao, who had likewise flown for a long time with his head lowered and his brows furrowed, finally halted in midair. Seemingly having reached a decision, he looked toward Li Zongbao and the others, gritted his teeth, then turned and flew away...
As for Xiao Hua, in order to shake off Fairy Hongxia's divine sense lock, he had actually used the demonic sect's Shadow Concealment Art and flown straight for a hundred li before revealing himself in midair again. He rubbed his nose and gave a bitter smile.
"Damn it, what is all this?" Xiao Hua muttered to himself. "We haven't even held the dual cultivation ceremony yet, and she's already watching me this closely! If we really dual cultivate in the future, won't she nag in this Xiao's ear every day? Like some fly? This Xiao wants to stay by your side at all times and accompany you across the Xiaoyao Xiaoyu Continent, but what this Xiao wants is not this kind of suspicious, paranoid life! This Xiao hasn't even said a word to another female cultivator, yet you can already imagine the consequences of that one sentence, as well as everything that might happen between this Xiao and that female cultivator! Such extraordinary imagination truly leaves this Xiao in admiration! It would be one thing if you merely imagined it, but you absolutely cannot blame this Xiao over your imaginings, over things that have not happened at all!"
"This Xiao is so outstanding—if there weren't a few lovely junior sisters or female cultivators throwing themselves at me, could I still be called a male cultivator?" Xiao Hua said disdainfully. "That bastard Qian Diheng once said that a dual cultivation ceremony was the grave of