The Earth Sect's... Senior Martial Sister?
Mo Hua's gaze shifted. He opened the invitation, glanced over the elegant gold-embossed script, then stopped at the signature at the end:
Earth Sect, Jiang Yingluo.
"Jiang Yingluo..." Mo Hua murmured. He looked at Bai Zixi. "She's the Earth Sect Senior Martial Sister?"
"Yes." Bai Zixi nodded.
Mo Hua said, "Isn't she called Zhaozhao?"
"Zhaozhao is her childhood nickname," Bai Zixi said.
Mo Hua blinked. "Senior Martial Sister, you even know her childhood nickname?"
Bai Zixi nodded. "My mother cultivated in Kun Province for a while and knew some of the Earth Sect's elders. I met Zhaozhao when I was little. Later, when I occasionally visited the Earth Sect, I'd drink tea and read with her."
"Oh..." Mo Hua nodded, though something about it felt a little strange.
"Then this Zhaozhao..." Mo Hua began.
Bai Zixi gently tugged his sleeve. "Don't call her by that nickname. She'd be angry if she heard you. And don't spread it around."
"Oh..." Mo Hua nodded again.
After a moment's thought, he asked, "Then Jiang Yingluo... her surname is Jiang?"
Bai Zixi nodded. "Yes."
"Jiang..." Mo Hua frowned slightly. "Isn't that the surname of an Aristocratic Clan in Central Dao Province?"
During his journey into the Great Wilderness, especially when fighting for the opportunity at the Dragon Pool, he had encountered Aristocratic Clans from Dao Province, including members of the Jiang Family.
There had even been a "True Person Jiang" among the True Persons who entered the Great Wilderness's Yuan-Su with True Person Zhuge to suppress his martial uncle.
"So Jiang is a major surname in Dao Province?"
Bai Zixi nodded and explained, "The Great Clans of Dao Province have long histories, and many have more than one branch. The Jiang Family is the same. Its branches have