Farewell

"Wait little brother, I will take you back," the woman offered Alex her help even as he was already walking quite far away.

"He doesn't need it," the sect master said. "He's stronger than you and can return on his own."

The woman's eyes went wide. "No way," she said. She was already in the True Emperor 8th realm. How could the man in front of her be even stronger?

"Are you sure, sect master?" she asked.

"Yes," he said. "I can't see through his cultivation at all, although it should be very strong."

The woman looked back at Alex with a surprised look.

"Let's return," the old man said.

"But what about him? Shouldn't we send some scouts to the village to keep track of him or something," she asked.

"No need," the old man said. "Anyone in their right mind will leave now that they have been revealed to be an alchemist. The only way to keep him here would be for me to act against him." 

"Can you?" she asked.