As night deepened, the main hall of Nine Heavens Peak, one of Tianbao Supreme Sect's Nine Great Inner Peaks, remained brightly lit, yet its light fell upon only a handful of people.
Li Yujun sat high upon a cloud-patterned Mysterious Jade seat, her gaze lowered as her mind replayed and sorted through every anomaly that had occurred today countless times.
Below her stood a middle-aged man clad in Nine Heavens Vein attire, hands respectfully at his sides. He was Luo Ziming, Li Yujun's eldest disciple and the one who had followed her the longest.
"Today, within and beyond the sect, was there anything unusual? Report everything to me, no matter how trivial."
Li Yujun's voice broke the silence, carrying a trace of gravity.
Luo Ziming bowed slightly and answered with certainty, "Reporting to Vein Master, this disciple dispatched additional men to carefully inspect every peak, especially the areas around the main peak and Tianbao Tower. I also questioned every steward disciple on duty today. Aside from the usual commotion caused by the Xuwang Mountain selection, everything within the sect operated as normal. No abnormal aura fluctuations or unusual personnel movements were discovered. Everything was... calm and peaceful."
"Oh?"
Li Yujun raised her eyes and frowned. "There truly was not the slightest irregularity?"
Luo Ziming's heart tightened. After carefully thinking back, he still shook his head. "None was found. Did Master sense something?"
He had followed Li Yujun for many years and knew well that his master would never make something out of nothing. Since she had pressed the matter so insistently, there had to be a reason.
After pondering for a moment, Li Yujun slowly recounted her meeting with Sect Leader Jiang Lishan during the day, as well as the fleeting yet overwhelmingly powerful ripple of will that had filled