Ye Hall.
—This was the hall named after Li Ye's courtesy name, dedicated to researching the new things Li Ye had come up with.
When Li Ye saw the two words "Ye Hall" on the plaque, he nearly turned around and left. This was a little too awkward.
But since he had already come this far, he could not turn back.
He could only step into the antique residence.
Then he found himself under the gaze of fifteen pairs of eyes. Fifteen cultivators in the courtyard all looked up at him in unison, men and women of varying ages.
Among them were Su Ya, whom Li Ye had known for a long time, and Senior Apprentice Wang, the Formation Master he had met earlier. The rest were cultivators he had never seen before.
Most importantly, there were actually two Spirit Herbalists here!
This seemed to be his first time seeing Spirit Herbalists within the sect.
Everyone's eyes burned with fervor.
"Junior Apprentice Li!"
A senior apprentice sister dressed in a light-blue palace gown, graceful and elegant in bearing, rose to her feet. "You have finally arrived. We have something we want to give you."
"Exactly." Another senior apprentice brother chimed in, "This was jointly made by our Refining Hall and Array Hall. Those people from the Alchemy Hall were just watching from the sidelines."
Who knew what grudge they bore, to take a jab at the Alchemy Hall cultivators even now? The corners of the three Alchemy Hall cultivators' mouths twitched.
The Spirit Herbalists, meanwhile, hid in the corner and secretly watched the show.
It was... quite lively.
That thought surfaced in Li Ye's mind, before his attention was drawn to the item the senior apprentice sister handed him.
It was an array disk.
At its center was a lotus