Lu Yang hissed. I can’t tell whether Second Senior Brother just complimented or insulted my looks.

“I’d already noticed you were in Xitian City on New Year’s Eve and thought about finding you. But I didn’t expect you to be quite the runner, Little Junior Brother. You were gone in the blink of an eye.

“I assumed you had left Xitian City long ago. Who would have thought you were hiding right inside Xitian Temple?”

Ye Zijin was astonished to see Lu Yang. An Intermediate Divine Transfiguration cultivator managed to hide in Xitian Temple for so long without being detected.

“I got lucky. The Qingfeng Sword protected me.” Lu Yang smiled sheepishly. Xitian Temple has no shortage of Fusion cultivators. I wouldn’t have hidden this long by relying on my own merits.

“Qingfeng Sword? The immortal sword our shifu shamelessly begged Big Senior...