"Martial Uncles, you're here too?" Li Yuncong noticed Huang Xiao and Qinghe as they hurried over.
"Oh, you two are here too!" Huang Xiao said with a smile as he looked at Li Yuncong and Xu Yan. Over the past two years, he had grown quite close to both of them.
At first, seeing how close Li Yuncong and Xu Yan were, Huang Xiao had wondered whether they were in love with each other. But over these two years, he had discovered that theirs was simply the affection between a senior martial brother and a junior martial sister, with nothing more to it.
Still, Xu Yan surprised Huang Xiao. He had learned from Li Yuncong that two years ago, Xu Yan had been roughly at first-rate lower grade, yet she had taken only three years to get there. Clearly, her aptitude surpassed even Li Yuncong's. That alone was not really so remarkable; Huang Xiao had reached first-rate lower grade in two years, though Xuanzhenzi's internal power had been an enormous help to him at the time.
What followed, however, had proven Xu Yan's heaven-defying aptitude. Over these two years, her power had actually reached the very limit of the First-Class Realm. Everyone had originally thought Sun Bang would become the foremost of the fourth-generation disciples, but no one had expected Xu Yan to surpass them all instead and become their undisputed number one.
Two years ago, Li Yuncong had been at first-rate middle grade. Although his power had improved considerably in the two years since, he remained at first-rate middle grade. After all, breaking through a realm was not so easy.
"Martial Uncle Huang, it's only been a few days, but your power seems to have improved again!" Xu Yan said with some surprise when she saw Huang Xiao. The