The young Daoist in a Lotus Crown walked along the railing at White Jade Capital's highest point, his hands tucked into his sleeves, palms folded together. Moving slowly, he looked down and surveyed the Five Cities Twelve Floors one by one.
It seemed there were some new faces.
Lu Chen looked up at the sky. Moonlight shone bright and clear.
An Immortal tempered the Skyward Mirror; two moons hung side by side like the character for "friend."
Watching that brand-new bright moon, Lu Chen withdrew his gaze, stopped, turned back, and continued his stroll along the railing.
Sect Master Lu's abrupt appearance at White Jade Capital made every Peak Cultivator in the Azure Sky World who was not in seclusion sense that something was amiss.
For thousands of years, Lu Chen's conduct could certainly be called strange, yet he had always kept an exceedingly low profile. Whenever he traveled beyond White Jade Capital and returned, he had invariably come and gone without a sound.
Could it be that he had been caught red-handed stealing chickens and dogs in the Vast Heaven and Earth, then beaten like a dog behind closed doors by the Sage of Ritual, forcing him to break through heaven and earth's restrictions and flee back to White Jade Capital with his tail between his legs?
Yu Dou appeared in the corridor and asked with a frown, "What happened?"
Lu Chen had never stood on ceremony around Senior Brother Yu. Still standing high atop the white jade railing, he smiled. "I'll first make a trip to the Haocai Bright Moon. Senior Brother Yu, wait a moment. You can call a few people over—consider it welcoming me back and washing away the dust."
Yu Dou asked, "Who should I call?"
Lu Chen smiled. "For example, Jiang Yun Sheng of