Changes at the Mountain Gate

"Nephew disciple Jin, tell me: did that fellow Daoist reveal his name or background? Why has he come to our sect?"

The restless roars of the Nine Nether Underworld Spider had filled Madam Mu with vigilance, prompting her to question her carefully.

"That senior seemed unwilling to reveal his identity. His face was veiled by spiritual light, so none of us disciples could see his features.

Even when we asked Senior Sister Zhen, she only said that senior had come from afar and had once shown her kindness. He was certainly no villain!"

The female cultivator surnamed Jin answered truthfully.

"He showed kindness to that girl Zhen? Junior Sister, Zhen Lan usually clings to you the most. Does anything come to mind?"

A core formation cultivator from their sect had encountered danger and been saved by a Nascent Soul cultivator. This was no minor matter, yet Madam Mu had no recollection of it and could not help finding it strange.

"Could it be that fellow Daoist from Southern Sky?!"

Long ago, Zhen Lan had told Lan Cai'er about how she had accidentally entered the Rakshasa Ghost Mansion. Thinking it over now, the only Nascent Soul cultivator who met both conditions—having come from afar and having shown Zhen Lan kindness—was the Luo-surnamed cultivator Zhen Lan had described as possessing Great Divine Ability.

Having formed a guess, Lan Cai'er did not keep them in suspense. Instead, she immediately spoke directly in the hall:

"Senior Sister, if I am not mistaken, this person should be a fellow Daoist who came from Southern Sky.

Several decades ago, Lan'er encountered a great peril and was only barely able to preserve her life after being saved by a Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivator. She even obtained several Silver Armored Corpses for nothing.

According to Lan'er, this man