When Lin Bai, Li Yumen, and Jiang Xuansu were sorting through the treasures inside the Sword Hiding Hermitage, the White Bone Battlefield was already erupting into chaos.
Within White Dragon Ridge, most of the Bone Race had been dispersed under the arrangements of the Bone Race Honored One.
The Bone Race Honored One stood atop a mountain peak with the Yin Shan Envoy and the lord of White Dragon Ridge, gazing into the distance toward Moonless City. The Bone Race Honored One said, "It's been almost two days, hasn't it?"
The Yin Shan Envoy calculated the time. "Fourteen shichen have already passed. It'll soon be two full days. Young Master Lu's people should be arriving soon!"
The Bone Race Honored One let out a long sigh. "My Bone Race... is finally going to see the light of day again!"
The lord of White Dragon Ridge said excitedly, "Congratulations, Honored One! Many congratulations, Honored One! In the future, you'll leap like a fish across the vast sea and roam the nine heavens like a dragon."
"Hahahahaha!" The Bone Race Honored One threw back his head and laughed. In that laughter, he seemed already to be swimming freely through heaven and earth, roaming the boundless void like a dragon.
Time slowly slipped away, and the Bone Race grew increasingly expectant.
Finally, several hours later, three people slowly approached White Dragon Ridge.
The Bone Race had discovered their movements long beforehand. All three wore white clothes, white robes, and white bamboo hats, with white cloth covering their faces. They were wrapped up tightly, revealing only a pair of eyes as they warily watched their surroundings.
"We three have come at our senior brother's command to conduct a transaction. We ask that the Bone Race show themselves."
Before arriving at White Dragon Ridge, the