Pei Lingsha nodded. Li Bai's words made perfect sense. This was no longer a thousand years ago, and Huo Lian was no longer the Demon Hall Master he had been back then. The same was true of Pang Ji. Things remained, but the people had changed.
"Alas, even so, it's still hard to accept that the former Demon Hall Master was actually an outsider. It's simply unbelievable, especially for a sect like the Demon Hall to accept someone who joined from outside midway," Pei Lingsha sighed. "In Bishui Palace, letting a disciple who joined midway become Palace Master would clearly be unrealistic."
"Not just your Bishui Palace. Apart from the Demon Hall, there probably isn't another sect like that, is there?" Li Bai said with a smile. "Viewed another way, this also shows that the Demon Hall trusts those it employs and does not employ those it doubts."
"True. The Demon Hall does this better than sects like ours, and more thoroughly," Pei Lingsha said with a nod. "Right, you just said someone has to break through to the Martial Realm to come over from your side. What about that boy Huang, then? When he first appeared, he seemed to be only at the half-step Martial Realm. Even now, he isn't in the Martial Realm. How exactly did he get here?"
"Exactly. That's the crux of it, and it's also why I want to meet him," Li Bai said. "Besides reaching the Martial Realm, there are other ways to come to the Martial World. That boy appeared in the Martial World despite not having reached the Martial Realm. That can only mean he came through another route."
"Oh?" Pei Lingsha raised her willow-leaf brows. "It seems this other route is no ordinary one either. Stop keeping me in suspense. Tell