"Forget it. Since Junior Brother Li wants to play protector to a beauty, the two of you can go together tomorrow night."
He casually tossed away the token in his hand, but not toward Li Qingfeng or Junior Sister Cen. He threw it in another direction.
"Fellow Daoist Cheng, how very imposing you are."
Song Yan casually reached out and caught the token.
Cheng Yu sneered, with no intention of lingering.
He merely glanced back at Song Yan, his look laden with meaning.
"I hope your days in Changping go smoothly from now on, Fellow Daoist Song."
Then he turned and left with several cultivators.
"Old Song!"
Li Qingfeng's eyes lit up. When he saw Song Yan's inner sect disciple robes, surprise crossed his face.
"You... you broke through to the late Qi Refining stage?"
"About three months ago."
Song Yan nodded.
Old Li chuckled. "Then I'll have to call you Senior Brother Song."
"Sure. You should still need at least another six months to get your breakthrough pill and break through, right?"
Song Yan feigned seriousness. "You'll have to call me Senior Brother every day for those six months."
"Oh, get lost."
The atmosphere immediately grew much lighter.
The surrounding Dongyuan Sect disciples also came over to greet Song Yan.
Several Dongyuan Sect inner sect disciples had returned during this handover, while there seemed to be only three inner sect disciples in the new group.
In the eyes of these outer sect disciples, every one of them was a pillar of support.
The elders stood far above them. Even if they truly wished to, they could hardly keep constant track of the circumstances surrounding the outer sect disciples' everyday assignments.
Having an inner sect disciple around made things different.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Li." The female disciple's voice was