As Ming Qi and Ming Yu traveled away from Yellow Qi Valley, when they saw the mysterious old man once more, his unfathomable, god-and-ghost-defying methods, along with the fact that he was acquainted with the upper echelons of the Black Devil Race, made Ming Qi completely forget about Li Yan.
No matter what, she could no longer connect the mysterious old man to him. What the mysterious old man had done had wholly surpassed the bounds that cultivators of their generation could reach. Even Great Elder Ming Feng of the Body Integration Realm could not do it.
Yet everything was like a cycle, a cycle so dreamlike it felt unreal. At another possible moment, the man she and her younger sister had once suspected—the dreamlike mysterious old man—had turned into Li Yan once again!
Supported by her elder sister's spiritual power, Ming Yu finally remembered what she ought to do at this moment and hurriedly tried to bow in grand salute as well. But with a light sweep of Li Yan's sleeve, he supported their bodies once more.
"Ah, we were actually already acquainted. Back in Yellow Qi Valley, that was not some avatar either—it was simply my true body. Our purposes were roughly the same. Li came because of matters concerning my sect and joined them in order to find an immortal herb to save someone's life.
Everything that happened later in the Ancient Inheritance Hall was truly just a coincidence that brought me upon you two. Since I am willing to meet you today in my true appearance, just call me Senior Brother!"
Li Yan had guessed the sisters' thoughts. They likely believed that the Li Yan they had encountered in Yellow Qi Valley had merely been one of his avatars. Otherwise, his cultivation then, which they had