Qi Lin led the women up the steps toward the mountaintop.
Once they reached the summit, a majestic palace came into view, with an enormous plaza before it.
Cloud Mist Sect disciples dressed in long white uniform robes had already formed two lines. A woman in a silver-white palace gown patterned with clouds approached from afar, her bearing noble and graceful.
Beside the elegant woman was another breathtakingly beautiful girl who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen. She was Shui Bing'er, the eldest of the Heavenly Water Girls Team.
When she saw Qi Lin arrive with the others, delight flashed through Shui Bing'er's eyes.
"A Lin!"
Shui Bing'er called out softly. She usually addressed Qi Lin that way, though she occasionally liked calling him Senior.
Yun Yun watched Qi Lin and the women approaching, an unusual glimmer flashing in her beautiful eyes.
She was close with Shui Bing'er, so she had naturally learned quite a bit about Qi Lin from her. She was immensely curious about him.
Of course, Shui Bing'er was far steadier in temperament than Shui Yue'er and the others. Aside from some basic information, she had not revealed much else.
Thus, Yun Yun only had a vague understanding of Qi Lin.
"Honored Guest Qi Lin, welcome to the Cloud Mist Sect. If there is anything lacking in our hospitality, I hope you will not take offense."
Qi Lin casually waved a hand. "I'm not here merely as a guest."
Yun Yun's expression stiffened slightly at those words, while the Cloud Mist Sect elders behind her all frowned.
Could their visitors have come with ill intent?
One of them, an elderly man with white hair and beard and a gloomy face, stepped forward and barked, "Sir, you are being far too presumptuous. Even if the force behind