“If that’s the case, why didn’t you say so in advance, why wait until we asked?”
“There should be cameras on the program team's bus, right? Since you said Sheng Bao was on the bus, can we at least see it?”
“If you can’t livestream, a photo of Sheng Bao’s face will do.”
Hu Guangxu felt like scratching his head again.
Jian Sheng wasn't on their bus at all. Where was he supposed to take a photo from?
Even if Jian Sheng took the photo himself and sent it over, the decoration inside their bus would be completely different.
At this moment, as if sensing his distress, Jian Sheng hopped down from an off-road vehicle not far away. He trotted over to the bus that picked up guests and photographers, peeking his little head inside.
Upon seeing this, the photographer quickly zoomed in his lens.
The little girl smiled, her eyes curving, and waved at the camera, “Hello everyone! I have something to discuss with Uncle Hu privately, so I won't be able to accompany you all anymore. Big brothers, big sisters, uncles, and aunties, please don't miss Sheng Sheng~”
“Sheng Bao called me big sister, sob sob, Sheng Bao’s voice is so sweet!!!”
“Kid, I’d rather you call me dad than uncle.”
“Since Director Hu has something to attend to, Sheng Bao should go quickly. But Mommy will still miss Sheng Sheng!”
Hu Guangxu hadn't expected things to be resolved so easily. He let out a heavy sigh and couldn't help but feel fortunate.
Fortunately, these viewers had sharp eyes and noticed the little girl's disappearance so quickly.
If it had been a little later, by the time the bus started moving, he would have been truly unable to explain himself.
However, the other guests, still unaware, were looking at them with peculiar gazes.
Especially after seeing Jian Sheng board those two unfamiliar off-road vehicles through the window, that strange feeling intensified.
The camera wasn't focused on Jian Sheng, and the audience didn't know which car the little girl had gotten into, but they knew very clearly.
Those two off-road vehicles with privacy film were definitely not the program team's cars!
However, seeing the little girl run down and then back, clearly recognizing them, they found it difficult to say anything in front of the cameras.
In their hearts, they all thought of a plain-looking face.
This young man who was neither Jian Sheng’s relative nor a staff member of the program team.
He was the one who had pretended to be a villager, walked through them, and blocked the lens to let the little girl pass, right?
Silently noting this person in their minds, they resolved to ask him about it when they disembarked.
Meanwhile, with Jian Sheng.
The little girl re-entered the vehicle.
“I’ve already spoken to them over there, and no one should be asking anymore.”
Jian Sheng, with her large, clear eyes, curiously observed the two old Taoists sitting in the back, who were complete opposites.
Both of them had late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation. In this secular world with scarce spiritual energy, they should be considered top-tier experts, right?
Yu Guanzi and Chen Daoling were also looking at the little girl. Whether it was the hot-tempered elder brother or the serene one, they were all widening their eyes now.
“Kid, you’re not going to tell me that this is the person who annihilated Lou Jusheng, are you?”
Xiao Yunsheng, driving in the front, said, “I didn’t say that. Whether it was her or the person behind her, you can just ask her yourself.”
Chen Daoling carefully sensed her, confirmed that he couldn't feel any spiritual energy fluctuations from the little girl, and recalled what Xiao Yunsheng had told him, repeatedly assuring him that the little girl was also a cultivator like them. This led him to deduce that there was a more powerful and mysterious expert behind the little girl.
But now, a mere ordinary little girl with no spiritual energy within her, and he was being told she was a cultivator?
Chen Daoling's face darkened; he felt as if he had been tricked.
Even the usually composed Yu Guanzi’s aged face showed a slight twitch.
Seeing their displeased expressions, Jian Sheng knew they must be doubting her identity.
Without further concealment, she revealed her cultivation.
Fearing that their cultivation might be lower than hers, the little girl thoughtfully released a fraction of her aura, signifying her higher-tier cultivation, allowing them to clearly sense it.
At this, not only Chen Daoling, who was already glaring, had his expression frozen, but his eyeballs seemed about to pop out in shock.
Whether it was Jian Sheng who had annihilated Lou Jusheng was no longer that important.
Even the highly cultivated Daoist Yu Guanzi, with his excellent temperament control, was filled with dread and instinctively stood up.
However, forgetting that he was inside a vehicle, he stood up and immediately hit his head on the car roof with a dull thud.
But he paid no mind to it. His aged yet clear eyes were fixed on the little girl, as if she were some kind of monster.
Xiao Yunsheng, being an ordinary person, couldn't feel the aura emanating from the little girl and was somewhat curious about why the two were reacting so drastically.
Even if the little girl was a cultivator, shouldn’t her reaction be this exaggerated?
Did she just start cultivating a little too early?
It wasn't enough to warrant such shock, to be looking at the little girl like she was a monster, was it?
Xiao Yunsheng wanted to ask, but seeing the two Daoists in shock and also full of confusion, he decided to wait and hear what they had to say.
He believed that the two Daoists must also be very curious about the little girl's situation, right?
The two Daoists did indeed ask, and the little girl had no intention of hiding anything.
When asked, she said she cultivated herself. When asked further, she said she took medicine. When asked where the medicine came from?
Oh, her elders gave it to her, what’s wrong with that?
Or, she traded it with her own blood?
The latter, Jian Sheng only thought about it in her heart.
Then, Xiao Yunsheng had the opportunity to witness the two Daoists' masterful "face-changing" skills.
Although he didn't understand the internal ranks and resources of cultivators, Xiao Yunsheng could tell, just by listening to the little girl’s words, that a strong sense of humble bragging was emanating from her.
It was like a rich person flaunting their wealth in front of him, yet she herself had no idea she was showing off.
Both the two Daoists, who understood the true value of her words, and Xiao Yunsheng, who was completely ignorant of the cultivation world, fell into silence.
Finally, it was the little girl herself who broke the awkward atmosphere, proactively inquiring about the secular cultivation circles.
Hearing the little girl’s peculiar way of asking, Yu Guanzi and Chen Daoling exchanged glances. Finally, Yu Guanzi spoke first.
“You call this place the secular world, does that mean the legendary immortal cultivation world truly exists?”
Xiao Yunsheng had already told them about the little girl’s background on the way, so her calling this world as such was definitely influenced by her master.
Instantly, all the inconsistencies were explained.
Why, in this era of scarce spiritual energy and broken inheritances, could a child cultivate to such a height, and also have so many rare treasures and elixirs to aid her cultivation.
If her master came from the legendary immortal cultivation world, and those resources were also brought from there, then everything would make sense.
At this point, in their hearts, they were already certain that the little girl’s master was a senior expert from the immortal cultivation world.