"Chuan Ying?" Seeming to forget the matter before them, Chang Linxian and Tang Yi both cried out in surprise.
Recently, there had indeed been a cultivator named Chuan Ying in the cultivation world. His name was like thunder rolling through the skies—almost everyone knew of him.
He had originally been nothing more than an independent cultivator, yet he had soared to the heavens in a single step and actually married the Ice and Snow Pavilion's Pavilion Master.
The Ice and Snow Pavilion's Pavilion Master, Xue Luo'er, was the granddaughter of Granny Snow, one of the Nine Saints. Becoming Granny Snow's grandson-in-law in one leap—if that was not soaring to the heavens in a single step, what was?
Chang Linxian could not help asking, "Which Chuan Ying?"
"Th-this..." The soldier stammered. "This lowly one does not know."
Naturally. Whether it was that Chuan Ying or not, what could a mere worldly foot soldier possibly know? Chang Linxian realized he had asked a pointless question and waved his hand. "Leave!"
"Yes!" The soldier hurriedly withdrew, his face full of panic. He felt he might have seen something he should not have seen.
Tang Yi was about to turn and go receive the visitor when Chang Linxian called after her, "Sect Master Tang!"
Tang Yi stopped and turned back. "What instructions does Sect Master Chang have?"
Chang Linxian no longer kept a stiff face. His expression softened somewhat, no longer carrying that look of displeasure toward the Shangqing Sect. He probed, "Sect Master Tang, are you acquainted with Chuan Ying of the Ice and Snow Pavilion?"
Tang Yi fell silent for a moment and did not answer directly. "I do not know which Chuan Ying it is. Let me go meet him first." She cupped her hands, then left at a brisk pace.