Xu Changxing had already revealed his aura in the battle just now, so he had no intention of hiding it any longer.
He chuckled. "You're right, senior brother. I'm indeed not at the heavenly immortal sixth stage.
"After my breakthrough, my cultivation kept rising rapidly.
"Now I'm at the heavenly immortal ninth layer."
Upon hearing those last few words, the corners of Bu Yufeng's eyes twitched violently several times.
Although he had already braced himself when he asked the question,
when the words "heavenly immortal ninth layer" reached his ears, his Dao heart still could not help trembling.
Bu Yufeng's chest heaved several times, and he murmured,
"You're already at the heavenly immortal ninth layer? It's only been a hundred years.
"A mere hundred years would barely be enough even to stabilize such a massive rise in cultivation. How could you have advanced so quickly?
"Could it be..."
At this point, a gleam of excitement suddenly flashed through Bu Yufeng's eyes as he said,
"Could you be a Golden Immortal who reincarnated with his cultivation intact?!"
"Uh..."
The explanation Xu Changxing had just prepared was instantly choked back.
He truly had not expected the immortals of the Immortal Realm to enjoy filling in the blanks themselves, too.
What left him even more speechless was that immortals did it in exactly the same way as people in the lower realm.
Back in the Setting Sun Sect, his cultivation had advanced so quickly that people had spread rumors that he was a reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator.
He had never expected that, after coming to the Immortal Realm, someone would call him a reincarnated Golden Immortal.
Although Xu Changxing was somewhat speechless, this guess did spare him the trouble of explaining.
He simply raised the corners of his lips slightly and smiled without