As a clear, lilting voice drifted over from afar, several figures quickly emerged from the crowd.
The White-clothed Woman at the front possessed an outstanding bearing, sharp eyes, and a thin, somewhat mysterious veil over her face.
She was Xia Mo Fairy, the First Elder of the Hundred Flowers Palace, who had a close relationship with Song Qingming.
"Fellow Daoist Xia, so it was you!"
"Sister Xia, Fellow Daoist Yu, we could not find any news of you in the city before. I thought you would not be coming to this convention again."
Seeing that it was Xia Mo, Song Qingyu hurried forward and greeted her with delight.
Hearing this, Xia Mo continued, "We happened to run into some trouble before coming, which delayed us for a time. We only arrived near Xianyuan City half a month ago."
When the Eastern Phoenix Sword Convention had last been held, the Hundred Flowers Palace and the Yunyang Sect had both been fighting for dominance over the East Sea, so neither sect had sent cultivators to attend.
This time, the Hundred Flowers Palace's strength was no longer what it had once been, and they had sent quite a few people.
Besides Xia Mo, there were Yu Mengning and two elders with relatively unfamiliar faces, all of them Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
After answering Song Qingyu, Xia Mo's gaze soon settled on Song Qingming beside her.
"I never expected that after all these years apart, Fellow Daoist Song would be able to detect something amiss among the crowd so quickly. It seems that not only has your cultivation advanced further, but your divine sense is also far beyond what it was in the past."
"Fellow Daoist Xia has likewise advanced to Half-step Spirit Transformation. Whether in cultivation or divine sense, you are no weaker