Spring passed and autumn came, and six hundred years went by.
Skysea Market was broad and clean, bustling with people and noisy with passing carriages and horses. It was exceptionally lively.
After Chen Yueying entered the Great Ascension Stage, the Cold Flame Sect withdrew most of its people. The market officially came under the control of Townsea Palace, and many affiliated Immortal Cultivation Families, such as the Wang Family and Song Family, opened shops there. Business was fairly good.
In a vast manor, more than twenty Deity Transformation Cultivators gathered in a green stone pavilion to drink tea and discuss the Dao. At their head sat a Red-Robed Elder with a fair, beardless face.
The Red-Robed Elder had a round face and small eyes, with kind brows and a benevolent appearance that made him seem easygoing and approachable.
"Fellow Daoist Yan, weren't Black Phoenix Fairy and Thunder Serpent True Person, two of the Wang Family's Thirty-Six Outstanding Figures, supposed to attend this gathering? Aren't they coming?"
A somewhat hunched yellow-robed elder asked the question. He held a yellow Serpent Head Staff, and a yellow Spirit Beast Bracelet adorned his right wrist.
The Red-Robed Elder was just about to answer when a magnetic male voice rang out. "We were delayed by something and arrived late. We sincerely apologize."
As soon as the voice faded, a slender Red-Dressed Girl and a handsome silver-robed young man walked in.
The Red-Dressed Girl had delicate features, arched willow-leaf brows, and almond-shaped eyes rippling with light. Her face was free of makeup, and her long black hair fell over her shoulders like a waterfall. A golden-threaded gauze sash was tied around her waist in a butterfly knot, while a red phoenix hairpin slanted through her hair.
Wang Xiuyan was a Deity Transformation Cultivator the Wang Family