Time flashed by.
Yongchang Year 9 of the You Kingdom calendar, twelfth month.
On the first day of the new moon, Lingbao Temple mobilized from top to bottom. Lanterns were hung, decorations put up, and the rear mountain became lively and festive.
Many of the younger generation's elite disciples were even rubbing their fists and itching for a try.
Because someone from the sect was coming!
At year's end, Lingbao Sect customarily inspected temples throughout the land, while also selecting talented disciples to bring back to the true mountain gate for cultivation.
That day, on crimson Maple Mountain, a crack suddenly split open in the rippling great formation that resembled a colossal eggshell.
A majestic spindle-shaped flying vessel passed through the rift in the formation. Then, with a flash of rosy light, it landed somewhere on the rear mountain.
The rear-mountain disciples who happened to witness this scene could not help but be dazzled and enthralled, boiling with excitement and leaping for joy.
A small cabin by the stream valley cliff.
The instant the flying vessel split apart the formation in a burst of rosy light and flew in, Li Qingyun felt a stir in his heart. He walked out of the wooden cabin, saw the vessel descend like a streak of light, and could not help smiling.
"The time has come! I should go to Martial Uncle Zhao's place and retrieve my magical artifact, and inquire about the situation while I'm at it..."
He formed a hand seal for the Cleanse Technique and felt refreshed from head to toe, while the spiritual power within him surged and churned.
Great Perfection of Qi Refining!
More than ten days had passed since he had left the small courtyard and taken up residence with Zhao Keyi.
Li Qingyun's spiritual power had already