"Mm, that works too!" Xiao Hua thought for a moment and smiled. "But I'm not at ease with Senior Brother Li taking Fellow Daoist Cai alone. How about I find you an escort?"
"An escort?" Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia were both taken aback, unable to understand what he meant.
Yet Xiao Hua offered no explanation. He took several storage pouches from his spatial storage and handed them to Cai Zhuoxia. "Fellow Daoist Cai, these contain spiritual pills suited to you and cultivation techniques for your practice. Since Senior Brother Li has cultivated the Nine Revolutions Golden Core, you might as well follow him in cultivating it. In ordinary times, he can also guide your cultivation, so you won't be lonely or forlorn..."
There was something rather suggestive in Xiao Hua's words, "follow him." Cai Zhuoxia's face reddened slightly, but she accepted the storage pouches without saying anything.
Once Cai Zhuoxia had put away the storage pouches, Xiao Hua swept out his hand and said, "Come on. I'll take Fellow Daoist Cai to meet Senior Brother Li's beloved confidante!"
"Oh?" Cai Zhuoxia froze, looking at Li Zongbao in confusion. Li Zongbao merely smiled calmly, took her small hand in his, and said nothing.
As wild winds suddenly rose around them and light and shadow whirled in a rapid flow, Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia steadied themselves, only to find Ye Yin and Gu Yu standing silently before them once more!
"C-Cai Zhuoxia??" Although Xiao Hua and the others had appeared strangely, Gu Yu and Ye Yin immediately looked up at the sound. When Gu Yu saw the living, breathing Cai Zhuoxia standing before her, she could not help crying out. Both hands flew to cover her mouth, her eyes opened wide in utter disbelief! More than once, she had seen