The gray-robed old man did not answer Mingqi's question. Instead, as he stared at her, he suddenly made that remark.
The moment he spoke, Mingyu's expression changed, but before she could do anything, she heard her elder sister's voice transmission.
"Don't act rashly!"
The two sisters shared an unspoken connection. Mingqi could sense the change in Mingyu's emotions without even turning her head.
Meanwhile, Mingqi remained relatively calm, still looking placidly at the gray-robed old man.
"What makes you say that, Senior? Simply because you realized we're body cultivators?"
"Those yellow dresses you wear aren't merely supreme defensive treasures. If I'm not mistaken, they can also conceal the aura and traces of your true forms.
"That makes you seem more like ordinary body cultivators—two body cultivators proficient in alchemy, of course.
"The yellow and white flashes from your final strike just now—to be precise... you relied on those treasures to conceal what happened when you used the power of Undying Underworld Phoenixes.
"The distinctive silver light that appears when that power is unleashed.
"But you used too much Undying Underworld Phoenix power in that attack. Even with the concealment, white light still appeared.
"And when you instantly evaded that man's sneak attack, then counterattacked with such speed that you nearly trapped him between you, you were using the innate divine ability, Phoenix Soaring!"
The gray-robed old man spoke indifferently.
In truth, he was somewhat surprised himself. Only after watching the two women fight again today had he finally found his answer.
The gray-robed old man was none other than Li Yan, who had tracked Yan Qingchen all the way here. Yan Qingchen and his companions had behaved far too strangely, and Li Yan naturally wanted to know what they were doing.
Especially after hearing their conversation, Li Yan learned that