"Yao Wudi, what are you doing here?!"
A voice tinged with wariness and puzzlement immediately rang out within the Spirit Plant Department.
"You little Ma, you really have no respect for your elders. You don't even know to call me senior brother."
Yao Wudi stood with his hands behind his back, a smile on his face.
But when he saw the figure flying toward him, he suddenly froze.
"You-you've turned fair?!"
Ma Shengxu, who had hurried over and just landed, immediately looked displeased at those words. He seemed to recall the shadow of something he had once suffered, but still managed to keep his expression under control and asked with a frown:
"What are you doing here? Showing off to me that you've reached Spirit Transformation? Or do you want to burn me again with that great sun fire of yours?"
"Ahem, why are you still so rude now that I'm at Spirit Transformation..."
Seeing Ma Shengxu's unexpectedly tough attitude, Yao Wudi could not help scratching the back of his head guiltily and muttering.
A rare, almost imperceptible trace of embarrassment crossed his face before he covered it with coughing and loud laughter.
"Well... don't worry. I stopped practicing that blasted Great Sun Divine Fire and switched to something else. Even if I wanted to burn you, I couldn't."
"It's not really showing off. I just reached Spirit Transformation, so I thought I'd come help treat that old..."
Yao Wudi's words left Ma Shengxu momentarily stunned.
His expression eased a little, but he still could not help looking Yao Wudi up and down in surprise, his tone odd.
"Oh? You reached Spirit Transformation, and even your temperament changed?"
Yao Wudi's expression stiffened, but then pride appeared on his face.
"I've always been like this. I own up to what I