"Where are we?"
"Sword Hiding Hermitage."
Elder Li led Lin Bai and the other two as they strolled toward the lakeside.
"So beautiful." Sun Yao's eyes shimmered with starlight, her heart filled with delight.
Sword Hiding Hermitage had been built against the mountains and stood beside the water. Strange flowers and rare treasures surrounded it, while bizarre rocks and wooded hills hid among them. Hundreds of birds danced among the treetops, and spirit foxes wandered through the spirit herbs. Even the seemingly shabby hermitage looked like an immortal palace within this painted landscape.
Elder Li said softly, "Sword Hiding Hermitage was built with Five Elements Mountain at its back and stood beside Moon Gazing Pond. The mountain is filled with inexhaustible rare flowers, strange treasures, divine medicines, precious elixirs, and rare ores. Moon Gazing Pond is home to incredibly delicious spirit fish. Even within the Eternal Devil Sect, these spirit fish can fetch astronomical prices."
"According to the legends of the Eternal Devil Sect, this place was once where one of the Eternal Devil Sect's ancestors secluded himself to cultivate. After that ancestor passed away, he hid everything he had learned and his sword in the hermitage. That was why this place came to be known as Sword Hiding Hermitage."
"Yet over the countless years, many disciples came here seeking that ancestor's inheritance, but none of them found anything."
"Qing Luo, from now on, Sword Hiding Hermitage will be your residence. In the terms of the demon world, this place will be your dao arena."
"Sword Hiding Hermitage, Five Elements Mountain, and Moon Gazing Pond all belong to you. So long as you do not die or sell this place of your own accord, it will belong to you forever."
As Elder Li introduced the place in a gentle voice,