Old Friends

Zhang Xiaohua was quite surprised when he suddenly heard the roars of ferocious beasts and a woman's scream. Hadn't all the Incense-Passing Cult disciples already withdrawn from You Lan Grand Canyon? Could there still be surviving disciples here?

But the situation was already critical. From the sounds of it, several beasts seemed to be besieging a female disciple. If she had been an inner sect disciple, they would surely have hunted in silence. Needless to say, she had to be an inner sect disciple refining pills, like Zhang Ping'er.

Thus, Zhang Xiaohua cradled Xiaohei in his left hand, held Azure Water in his right, and sprang toward the source of the beasts' roars.

Zhang Xiaohua's lightness skill was extraordinarily impressive. Though the beasts were not nearby, he arrived before them in moments. Beneath a dead tree stood a petite woman, long sword in hand, struggling to fend off four huge White Bears lunging at her with their blood-filled maws wide open!

Though the woman's swordsmanship was exquisite, she was facing the White Bears famed throughout You Lan Grand Canyon. Against one or two, she might have been able to escape with her life using lightness skill. Yet now, the bears had sealed off every angle, leaving her not even the slightest room to dodge. By the time Zhang Xiaohua arrived, she was already hanging by a thread.

Zhang Xiaohua shouted, "Senior Sister, don't panic! Hold on a little longer!"

With that, he hurriedly leaped down and thrust Azure Water at the nearest White Bear.

Though Zhang Xiaohua lacked true qi and could not casually unleash the sword radiance of the Azure Water Sword, his lightness skill was exquisite and his strength boundless—he was precisely the nemesis of the White Bears. After only a few head-on clashes, he forced the bear