"Now?" Zhang Daoran probed after observing for a while longer with his divine sense.
Xiao Hua closed his eyes and savored the feeling carefully. After a moment, the confusion on his face deepened. He answered in great puzzlement, "It seems to still be there, yet it also seems to be gone. How strange."
"Congratulations, True Person Xiao!" Zhang Daoran said with a slight smile.
"Oh? Where does this joy come from?" Xiao Hua asked with a smile.
Zhang Daoran said, "Although True Person Xiao did not enter the true cave abode during the journey through the Yunshan Illusion Array, you still gained something in the end. Now that your mind is restless, it must be a sign that your bottleneck is about to break through!"
Hearing Zhang Daoran's words, Xiao Hua did not know whether to laugh or cry. He could only brush it off. "Perhaps. The three of you Nascent Soul cultivators are all about to step into the Spirit Severing stage. This Xiao should at least take half a step forward, shouldn't he?"
Roar... At that moment, two long howls rose from afar at the same time. Two evenly matched streams of divine sense swept over them like silken bolts, and Xunkong Shangren and Zhai Xingzi flew out from their respective places of secluded cultivation.
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoists..." Xiao Hua and Zhang Daoran greeted them with smiles. Xunkong Shangren and Zhai Xingzi landed before the two, exchanged a glance, and could not help smiling at each other. They bowed to Xiao Hua and said, "We must also thank Fellow Daoist Xiao for your secret technique. Now we have far greater confidence in controlling the growth of our cultivation realms..."
"No need for thanks, no need for thanks!" Xiao Hua waved his hand. "We are all Daoist sect cultivators.