Chapter 8: Unexpected Visitor

"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~"

"Ka-cha~"

"Li Daoxuan, come out! I know you're in there!"

Li Daoxuan paused his footsteps, recognizing the voice. It was strangely familiar. Suddenly, he remembered.

"This... isn't this the little junior sister from before?"

"How did she come here?"

Without hesitation, Li Daoxuan knew that this girl would definitely dare to tear down his Cave Mansion.

"Qing Xuan, little junior sister, why are you here?"

"You jerk! My place is too small!"

"And also! You should call me senior sister!"

As soon as Li Daoxuan stepped out, his eyes brightened. There stood a girl at the entrance of his Cave Mansion, looking like an elf, with her hands on her hips, clearly angry.

The girl's name was Qing Xuan, and she had briefly stayed in the outer sect of the Heavenly Dao Sect before.

When Li Daoxuan first met Qing Xuan, she was just a little girl, quite innocent. Thanks to Li Daoxuan's care during her training, she managed to survive.

Otherwise, she might have lost her life long ago.

It hadn't been long since they last saw each other, but the girl's temperament had undergone a great change.

With her innocent big eyes, delicate figure, exquisite features, and especially the meticulously arranged three thousand strands of purple hair flowing behind her, she looked like a spirited elf.

And she loved to smile, revealing a pair of adorable dimples when she did.

Unlike Li Daoxuan, the girl was an absolute genius, a pride of the heavens.

It was said that her identity was still quite mysterious.

When Li Daoxuan saw Qing Xuan, all his unhappiness disappeared, and he smiled, saying, "Senior... senior sister, who made you angry?"

Qing Xuan put her hands on her hips, and with her other hand, she reached out to twist Li Daoxuan's ear.

Angrily, she said, "It's all because of you, you big jerk!"

"Where have you been for over a year?"

"I searched the entire outer sect and couldn't find any news of you!"

"I thought you were eaten by a demonic beast!"

"Hmph!"

Her pouting and angry appearance was incredibly cute. Li Daoxuan couldn't help but reach out and rub the little girl's head with his guilty hand.

Instantly, the three thousand strands of purple hair were messed up, just like before, when they were intimate.

"Ah! I'm going to kill you! You're bullying my cute hair again!"

"Hahaha..." Li Daoxuan laughed mischievously.

Li Daoxuan invited Qing Xuan into his Cave Mansion, saying helplessly, "There's nothing special to entertain you here, just sit wherever you like!"

Qing Xuan didn't stand on ceremony and the two of them began to chat about their recent experiences.

Li Daoxuan was curious and asked, "Qing Xuan, what brings you to me?"

"Hmph! Here, for you."

When Li Daoxuan took it and looked at it, he was stunned, but he felt deeply moved inside.

The storage bag was filled with jade bottles, containing various treasures such as cultivation techniques, Qi Gathering Pills, Foundation Building Pills, Marrow Cleansing Pills... all essential items for the Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Building Stage.

Li Daoxuan was touched, but he couldn't let it show. He teasingly said, "Oh! I didn't expect you to be a little rich girl!"

Qing Xuan jumped up directly, as if she was about to punch Li Daoxuan, but what he said next left her stunned.

"Qing Xuan, thank you!"

"Hmph!"

Li Daoxuan didn't refuse these things, otherwise this girl would definitely start stomping her feet again.

Li Daoxuan deeply engraved this care in his heart!

Li Daoxuan asked again, "I've been in the outer sect for three years, why haven't you come to find me? This doesn't seem like your character!"

Qing Xuan angrily replied, "Hey! It's all because of my annoying master, who forced me into seclusion!"

"He even said that I can't leave seclusion until I reach the Gold Core stage!"

Li Daoxuan couldn't believe it and asked, "Are you in the Gold Core stage now?"

Qing Xuan proudly said, "I just closed up for a little while and occasionally practiced, and I reached the Gold Core stage. Isn't that great?"

Li Daoxuan: "..."

Can you believe this? Is this even human language?

Li Daoxuan was quite shocked. This girl had only been cultivating for a few years and she had already reached the Gold Core stage. It was clear that she had exceptional talent.

Suddenly, Li Daoxuan thought of something and felt that he should give his speculation a try.

With a burning gaze, Li Daoxuan looked at Qing Xuan, making the little girl feel a bit shy.

Qing Xuan's voice trembled as she asked, "What... what do you want? What's with that look in your eyes? Let me tell you, don't mess around. I am a cultivator in the Gold Core stage!"

"Ah!" Li Daoxuan shook his head and gave up.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the little girl beating him up. Aside from her mysterious identity, the most important thing was that their family was facing a serious challenge, and it was better not to involve the little girl in it.

Li Daoxuan changed the subject and asked, "By the way, can you find a master when you enter the inner sect?"

Qing Xuan asked curiously, "Don't you know?"

"I don't know."

Li Daoxuan really didn't know. The key was that no one had told him.

He used to be a cultivation maniac, but then he left the sect for such a long time, so he only had a partial understanding of the inner sect matters.

Qing Xuan explained carefully, "Inner sect disciples have a grand debate every year!"

"Those with outstanding achievements or those favored by the inner sect elders will be accepted as direct disciples."

"There is also a possibility of being favored by the peak master and becoming the peak master's direct disciple."

Li Daoxuan had never heard of such secrecy before and curiously asked, "Are the peak master's direct disciples very powerful?"

Qing Xuan rolled her eyes and said, "I'm telling you all this, but you must not spread it, understand?"

"Mhm."

Qing Xuan lowered her voice and leaned towards Li Daoxuan, saying, "You should know about Heavenly Dao Peak in the Heavenly Dao Sect, right?"

"I definitely know!"

"In addition to Heavenly Dao Peak, there are seven peaks known to the world: Central Heaven Peak, Heavenly Jade Peak, Heavenly Pearl Peak, Heavenly Authority Peak, Jade Scale Peak, Sun Opening Peak, and Jade Light Peak."

"But there are two peaks that the world doesn't know about, which are Bright Cave Peak and Hidden Origin Peak."

"Unless there is a catastrophe in the Heavenly Dao Sect, Bright Cave Peak and Hidden Origin Peak will not appear."

"This is the secret of the 'seven revealed, two hidden'."

Li Daoxuan looked at Qing Xuan in surprise and asked, "How do you know such a secret?"

"Cough cough! Well... um..."

Li Daoxuan didn't ask further. Everyone has their own secrets, right?

Li Daoxuan pondered seriously. Hearing these top-secret matters, he felt that the Heavenly Dao Sect was not simple at all.

Heavenly Dao Sect! Daring to name themselves after the Heavenly Dao, the founder of the Heavenly Dao Sect must be either crazy or foolish, or perhaps the Heavenly Dao Sect is hiding even greater secrets.

And the nine peaks of the Heavenly Dao, they seemed to be as mysterious as a shocking formation.

Li Daoxuan snapped back to reality and asked, "Have you already entered the Heavenly Dao Nine Peaks?"

Qing Xuan pouted and said with a proud look, "Of course! I am a core disciple of Heavenly Jade Peak, the future peak master of Heavenly Jade Peak. Aren't you jealous?"

"You can show off!"

"Hehehe~ By the way, senior brother, there's something I want to ask you. You must promise me."

Li Daoxuan immediately became wary. When this girl asked him for something, it definitely wouldn't be something good.

"Just say it."

"As for whether to agree or not, it depends on my mood."

"Senior brother~ good senior brother~ please agree to my request."