Bai Bing led Lingxi Peak's competing disciples and accompanying elders along the Blue-Stone Mountain Path, their ranks orderly.
Yang Jing and Si Jiawen stood on either flank, with the other Core Disciples following closely behind.
Lush trees lined the mountain path, spirit energy curling among them. Along the way, disciples occasionally bowed in greeting and watched the procession depart, their faces filled with anticipation and solemnity for the Jintai Grand Tournament.
The party walked with steady steps, neither hurrying nor dawdling.
Before long, they reached Duck Mountain Island's Outer Island docks from Lingxi Peak.
These Outer Island docks served as the hub for Profound Truth Sect disciples traveling between Duck Mountain Island and the mainland. Many disciples came and went even on ordinary days, but today the docks were a boiling sea of voices, bustling beyond measure.
Profound Truth Sect disciples packed the docks, heads crowding together as clamor rose on every side.
Most were inner-door and Outer-Door Disciples, all heading to Moonwatch Mountain to watch the Jintai Grand Tournament being held tomorrow.
They gathered in groups of three or five, speaking quietly together. Without exception, their conversations revolved around the Jintai Grand Tournament, their eyes full of longing for this grand martial gathering.
Several small ferries had already moored along the edge of the docks. Boatmen busied themselves arranging ropes and inspecting their vessels as they waited for disciples to board, creating a scene of bustling activity.
Just as the Lingxi Peak party stopped at the docks to await their ferry, another party approached along the distant mountain path in orderly formation.
Yang Jing looked up at the movement and immediately recognized the disciples of the Profound Truth Sect's Heavenly Evolution Peak branch. Leading them was Heavenly Evolution Peak Master Huang Zhen.
Among those following behind the Heavenly Evolution