While Cheng Yu and Tian Zhongyu were busy stabilizing the situation, several flickers from Lu Xiaotian's projected avatar carried him far away. Beneath the distant thunderclouds, the void rose and fell like an endless range of mountains. Lightning slithered through those mountains like dragons and snakes, while groups of demonic birds, their wings spanning more than four or five zhang whenever they moved, soared recklessly through the thunderbolts raining across the sky. Their clear cries rang without end.
"After several thousand years without seeing you, fellow Daoist, you passed by my mountain gate without entering. Did you find the gate of Thundercloud Mountain too crude and disdain it?"
At that moment, a crisp voice rang out. The Azure Sparrow Demon Immortal, dressed in a green gown, rode clouds out from within the rolling mountains.
Flocks of demonic birds circled above her head, among them no shortage of Profound Immortal-level birds. Dozens of them formed a huge circle, and with the eyes of Lu Xiaotian's projected avatar, it was easy to see that this great circle held a deeper meaning.
"If I hadn't wanted to come, you wouldn't have seen me." Lu Xiaotian's projected avatar smiled.
"Please come inside, fellow Daoist. Let us have a talk." The Azure Sparrow Demon Immortal smiled brightly and made an inviting gesture. Behind her, the flocks of Azure-Winged Thunderpeng Demons flew off one after another, forming a gigantic archway to welcome Lu Xiaotian's projected avatar.
Given the cultivation of these demonic birds, they could not tell that Lu Xiaotian had come in the form of only an avatar. That made little difference to them anyway. So long as Lu Xiaotian was the Azure Sparrow Demon Immortal's guest, that was enough.
The Azure Sparrow Demon Immortal's residence was exceedingly simple. She had no fixed dwelling, only