Lin Bai, Bai Yifei, and the others left Storm City and hurried back to the sect at top speed.
On the way.
Lin Bai spotted an extremely unusual bird darting across the Water Mirror Sea at astonishing speed.
The bird was snow-white all over and seemed highly intelligent.
Yet when it flew past, Sect Master Chu Xi's voice rang out.
"All disciples of Tianshui Sect, whether outer disciples, inner disciples, or Three Wonders Disciples, set out at once and return to the sect."
"Gather at the mountain gate of Sea Heart Island!"
"All missions for Tianshui Sect disciples are canceled. All sect elders are to emerge from seclusion, and all disciples in closed-door cultivation are to leave seclusion immediately."
"Proceed to the mountain gate gathering area of Sea Heart Island."
"..."
The bird skimmed across the sky above the Water Mirror Sea, while Sect Master Chu Xi's voice echoed throughout the Water Mirror Sea.
"It's the sect's Harbinger Bird." Bai Yifei's eyes glimmered with a cold, ghostly light, and his expression gradually darkened.
Lin Bai had joined Tianshui Sect many years ago, so he naturally recognized this as one of Tianshui Sect's sacred birds.
This bird was called the Harbinger Bird. Only when the sect faced a catastrophe would it fly from a branch deep within Sea Heart Island of Tianshui Sect, sweep across the Water Mirror Sea, and summon Tianshui Sect's disciples back to the sect.
Since the bird appeared only when the sect faced a great calamity, it had acquired the name Harbinger Bird.
Qin Yao said, "The sect is summoning its disciples back as well!"
"Let's go." Lin Bai drew a deep breath and said, "It looks like this battle is unavoidable."
Lin Bai and the others boarded the spirit vessel and headed toward Tianshui Sect in