"Sorry. It's just rare to see your eyes get this wide." Li Chen smiled but Xiu Ying's frown grew worse.
"You're trying to evade the topic!" She countered.
Li Chen sighed. "Ling Xiao—!"
His words were interrupted by the entrance of a tall, slightly muscular woman who tied her hair into a ponytail.
"Bother Li Chen, I came with news from Great Zhao." Ling Xiao's eyes flickered when she saw the distance between Xiu Ying and Li Chen but the news she heard was more important than trivial jealousy.
"What happened?"
"Great Zhao has issued an alliance with the Great Four Tribes to search for you in the central plains."
"What?!" Blood drained from Xiu Ying's face. Li Chen's healing should have lasted several years but with the aid of the healing pearl, it was reduced to a year.
Yet he still wasn't at his peak. At his peak, only a few powers in the mortal realm could stand up to him.