Ming Qi's somewhat startled words also reached Ming Yu, who was still standing there in a daze...
As Li Yan neared the foot of the mountain ahead, he emerged from concealment. He had come to meet Ming Qi in the end; sneaking quietly into her cave dwelling would have been rather improper.
Moreover, she was a female cultivator. If she happened to be cultivating some secret technique and he saw something he should not have seen, that would be his fault.
After checking his surroundings and confirming that no one was paying attention to this place, Li Yan felt it would be best to alert Ming Qi directly.
Although not much time had passed since they last met, considering the favor he had done the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan, Ming Qi and Ming Yu had both sworn oaths. Those oaths had been sworn in the name of both the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan and themselves, and they had been unilateral vows.
If they intended to burn the bridge after crossing it, avoiding him while plotting against Li Yan, not only would the two women die for breaking their oaths, but the fortunes of their entire clan would also suffer.
This was the fundamental confidence that allowed Li Yan to seek them out even after being separated from the two women for so long.
As long as they were not unafraid of death, and he was sufficiently prepared, then at worst, if he saw that the situation was amiss, he would simply think of how to break out.
He had suddenly come looking for them. With them entirely unprepared, the initiative naturally lay in Li Yan's hands.
Yet before he reached the cave dwelling at the foot of the mountain, Li Yan sensed a strand of divine sense withdrawing. It then