"Of all the myriad arts beneath heaven, every one sprang from the Dao Sect."
This was a saying widely circulated throughout the Nine Provinces. Though somewhat exaggerated, it was enough to show the Dao Sect's standing in the Nine Provinces.
Cultivators most often relied on four kinds of external aid: pills, spirit treasures, runes, and formations. The Dao Sect's Pill Refining Peak, Weapon Refining Peak, Rune Peak, and Formation Peak were the leading authorities in these four fields.
Anyone wishing to study these four forms of external aid could not possibly avoid the Dao Sect.
Jiang Li and the Pure Heart Saintess arrived at the entrance to Weapon Refining Peak and saw a little girl of seven or eight standing there, flanked by several guards. Even though they had concealed their cultivation, Jiang Li could tell that the strongest among them was actually an Integrated Body Realm Cultivator, while the rest were also formidable experts at the Spirit Transformation Stage.
She seemed to be from some great power.
"Uncle, you can't go in." Just as Jiang Li was about to enter, the little girl called out to stop him. "Father and Uncle Feng are forging inside. Father said that until the forging is complete, no one may enter!"
"What an adorable little girl. What's your name?" Seeing how delicately lovely the girl was, like one carved from pink jade, the Pure Heart Saintess took a liking to her and rubbed her little head.
"Don't touch me!" The little girl shook her head hard and escaped from beneath the Pure Heart Saintess's hand. Planting her hands on her hips, she huffed, "Hmph, I'm the Nineteenth Princess of Great Zhou, Ji Kongkong!"
"Oh? Then your father is Ji Zhi?" Jiang Li rubbed his fists together, interest piqued. He had not expected to