Time flew like a shuttle, and a year slipped quietly by before anyone knew it.
At the Back Mountain of the Five Elements Sect, that heavy Stone Door had been tightly shut for a full year. Green vines crawled over the stone wall; now and then, birds would alight there, only to flap their wings and leave again, leaving silence behind.
The disciples in the sect had long since grown used to the sect master's closed-door cultivation, but whenever they occasionally looked toward that cliff, a trace of anticipation still flashed through their eyes.
When that young sect master who had created countless miracles emerged this time, what kind of shock would he bring?
However, not long ago, the Five Elements Sect welcomed a happy occasion.
That day, the sky had only just begun to brighten, and a pale fish-belly white had appeared in the east, when a pale purple streak of flowing light shot over from the northwestern horizon. Wherever the flowing light passed, a faint, strange fragrance lingered in the air. At first sniff, the scent was refreshing and soothing, but on careful savoring, it hid a trace of toxicity that made one's heart palpitate.
Before the Mountain Guarding Disciples could react, that streak of flowing light had already landed quietly on the Five Elements Sect's square.
The purple light dispersed, and a woman in white stood there gracefully.
She had clear and beautiful features and an otherworldly air. Her three thousand strands of Black Silk were coiled up with a simple wooden hairpin, while a few wisps of hair brushed softly against her cheeks in the wind.
The most eye-catching thing about her was her pair of eyes, clear as water yet deep as an abyss. As they occasionally shifted, a barely perceptible gray-purple hue would flash