One Person Murmurs, the Mountains Echo

(There will be another chapter tonight.)

Among Inverted Mountain's Four Great Private Residences, Plum Garden had the most winding corridors. Of course, what it was most famous for was its plum trees. Yet the plum trees planted within Plum Garden all grew naturally, without being twisted into affected or sickly forms. Their density was natural, their curves and straightness left to chance. Even so, it was famed far and wide, naturally because Plum Garden had paid heavily to purchase many immortal plum trees from the Eight Continents Ferry and transplant them into the garden.

The best place in Plum Garden for enjoying the scenery was a pavilion bearing the plaque, "Does Not Contend for Spring."

Madam Tuoyan knelt upon a cool mat woven from Qingshen Mountain green bamboo, her hands folded atop her knees. Her features were alluring, and she wore a smile.

Looking at the three sword cultivators slowly ascending the pavilion steps, she smiled. "Since the matter has already been exposed, I am willing to accept punishment. I only ask Great Sword Immortal Lu Zhi to make her sword swift."

Chen Ping'an sat directly on the ground opposite Madam Tuoyan and asked, "You won't try to salvage this? An Upper Five Realms grass-and-wood Sprite has had no easy path of cultivation."

Throughout Treasure Bottle Continent's history, not a single grass-and-wood Sprite of the Upper Five Realms had appeared to this day.

Madam Tuoyan shook her head. "If they could find and kill even Boundary, then I am fated not to survive. There is no need for false airs."

Chen Ping'an asked, "Could that Ascension Realm Great Demon's true body be buried in Plum Garden? Otherwise, how did you know Boundary was dead?"

Madam Tuoyan merely smiled without speaking. She extended a hand toward the tall, thin woman. "Someone