Gu Qingshan stood in the wilderness, waiting quietly.
If the person who had stolen the Storage Bag was his Master, then once she discovered the Hundred Flowers Sect items inside, she would soon come back to find him.
Sure enough.
Barely twenty breaths later, a gale swept down from the sky, sucking up the gravel on the ground and gathering it together. Gradually, the shape of a woman took form.
Layers of spiritual light flashed, and the woman's features became clear.
She wore robes of white feathers and rainbow silk, with a jade crown on her head. Her beauty was peerless.
A refined, otherworldly air lingered between her brows. Her eyes were clear and bright, like the moon reflected in an autumn pond.
Xie Daoling.
She tossed the enormous jade brick in front of Gu Qingshan and asked coolly, "Where did you get this jade slip?"
Gu Qingshan smiled.
"When I first arrived in the Divine Martial World, I asked my Second Senior Brother for some cultivation techniques. He gave it to me."
He cupped his fists and praised her, "Master, you can now gather sand and stones into a true body. The wonders of your arts are beyond anything I can imagine."
Xie Daoling gazed at him quietly, then asked, "Are you Gu Qingshan? Why do you look like this?"
Gu Qingshan explained the whole story.
Xie Daoling listened thoughtfully, then said in a measured voice, "What you've told me has no obvious flaws. But the last time I left the Divine Martial World for the Cultivation Alliance, someone impersonated Gu Qingshan and infiltrated my Hundred Flowers Sect. Xiao Lou and the others were far too careless, and nearly got themselves killed. Fortunately, Qing Rou and Wan Er were quick-witted, and they escaped unharmed."
Gu Qingshan said, "So..."
Xie