After the old eunuch left, the Second Elder assigned residences to the many Tianshui Sect disciples, and everyone temporarily settled down there.
Pan Qing said, "Southern Sky Hunting Garden. I haven't been here in a long time."
The Second Elder smiled warmly. "The last time we came should have been nine thousand years ago, right? I still remember how our Ancestor Pan Qing was peerlessly elegant and unrivaled beneath the heavens back then."
Pan Qing laughed and shook his head. "No longer. This world belongs to them now."
Pan Qing's gaze fell on Lin Bai, Bai Yifei, Li Juenian, Yi Zien, and the others. The Second Elder followed his gaze and nodded deeply in agreement.
Pan Qing said to Lin Bai and the others, "The entire Southern Sky Seventy-Two Peaks is protected by formations. Within the formations, you can look around as you please."
He continued, "As I recall, there are still quite a few breathtaking scenic spots in the Southern Sky Seventy-Two Peaks. There's a place called the Nine Heavens Waterfall that's not bad."
Lin Bai and the others nodded slightly and cupped their fists in agreement.
Everyone returned to the palace and went to their respective residences to rest.
Standing by the window, Lin Bai looked at the formations beyond the Southern Sky Seventy-Two Peaks. Carriage after carriage drawn by deer entered the Southern Sky Seventy-Two Peaks from all directions, and martial artists climbed down one after another before entering the mountain peaks within the Southern Sky Seventy-Two Peaks.
This Imperial Autumn Hunt had attracted outstanding disciples from the Imperial Capital's Five Great Families and Seven Sects, martial artists from the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu, and families and sects of every size throughout Chu.
Moreover, since the Imperial Autumn Hunt was being held shortly before the Chu Emperor's