At this very moment.
Inside Water-Sky Unity Hall, several dozen cultivators had gathered. These were all high-ranking cultivators of Horizon Sea Pavilion. They came in all shapes and sizes, fat and thin, with different appearances, but most of them were fairly good-looking.
Horizon Sea Pavilion was mostly home to beautiful female cultivators, though there were exceptions. For example, the woman seated at the head looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
If one looked only at the left side, this woman could have been called a nation-toppling beauty. Even compared to the former Fairy in the Clouds, she would have been like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, each splendid in her own way. Yet while the left half of her face was incomparably beautiful, the right half was like dried tree bark.
Never mind that her skin had no luster; even the flesh was deeply sunken in. One glance made the scalp crawl. She was so ugly it was impossible to describe in words.
Yet one could not judge a person by appearance. This woman, Liu Ying, was currently the only Lihe cultivator in Horizon Sea Pavilion.
As for the others, Lin Xuan found them extremely unfamiliar. After all, so many years had passed. Among Horizon Sea Pavilion's Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, as long as they had failed to step into Lihe, almost all had exhausted their lifespans and passed away in meditation. The women in this great hall had basically all advanced from Core Condensation or even Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
"How is the battle situation now?"
Liu Ying slowly spoke. Unlike her appearance, her voice was extremely pleasant and melodious.
"Reporting to Martial Uncle, the situation is not good. After a month of siege by the Ancient Demon army, our sect's disciples have suffered heavy losses. Although outside