After continuous rain in the mountains, the grasses and trees knew spring best.
At the foothill tavern of the mountain renamed Zhe Yao Mountain, Mountain God Her Majesty Song Ji—whose own mountain had been renamed along with it—used her Qi Gazing Technique to look out toward Yuxuan Kingdom Capital City.
She no longer had the leisure to worry about the Ma Clan Family's fate. She only feared that her Zhe Yao Mountain bordered the capital and might be caught in the blast. She had no idea how great a storm that group would stir up within the city. The worst sort was a clash between Immortals that could shatter mountains and split earth; once both sides got started, they might never stop. Of the three drinkers who had sheltered from the rain here earlier—Liu Xianyang, current Sect Master of Longquan Sword Sect; Gu Can, direct disciple of Mr. Zheng of White Emperor City; and Pei Qian, one of Treasure Bottle Continent's Four Great Grandmasters—which one had not once been a towering figure from a continent whom she had not even dared imagine meeting? Setting aside status and strength, Song Ji was, after all, a female Mountain God. She especially admired Master Pei, who had made her name throughout the world at such a young age. If not for today's upheaval in Yuxuan Kingdom, how delighted would Song Ji have been to have her drinking in this tavern? Song Ji let out a faint sigh. Instead, she envied the nearby Water God colleagues; at least they could retreat a little from the coming storm. Lifting her skirts to reveal a pair of embroidered shoes, she plaintively lamented that the golden-body divine statue in her mountain shrine "had no legs."
At that moment, an old man dressed like a farmer appeared out