"Oh? Fellow Daoist Jingting, could it be... you knew this female cultivator?" Xiao Hua withdrew his gaze from the spell formation below and turned to look at True Person Jingting, asking in a low voice.
True Person Jingting hurriedly replied, "Reporting to True Person Xiao, I do indeed know this female cultivator. Had I not mentioned it before? Over the past four hundred years, I came here many times, and on two occasions I encountered this female cultivator. Her name is Li Jing, and her Daoist title is Fairy Jing."
"Oh?" Xiao Hua looked at True Person Jingting with a smile that was not quite a smile. "It seemed this Fairy Jing shared the same thoughts as Fellow Daoist Jingting!"
"Yes, it appeared to be so!" True Person Jingting watched Fairy Jing struggle bitterly to hold on and sighed. "Though we did not speak deeply during those two encounters, I already sensed it through her evasive words. Before entering Yaotai Mountain this time, I specifically looked for her, yet found no trace of her. I had not expected her luck to be slightly better than mine."
True Person Yuanqing beside them said quietly, "True Person Xiao, all seven of those cultivators are at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, yet that Fairy Jing could confront them. Her cultivation is no shallow matter. The two sides are presently deadlocked. If True Person Xiao... intends to help her, then we shall act at once. Otherwise, we should proceed into the spell formation to search."
True Person Jingting said with a bitter smile, "That human essence can only be obtained by one person. If Fairy Jing obtains it, I fear we shall return empty-handed this time."
Xiao Hua smiled faintly and said meaningfully, "Indeed. Since we arrived late, it would be best to watch the