As the Dao Alliance's Second Senior Sister, she was a cultivator who had lived for countless years.
Though she spent her days absorbed in the art of metals, minerals, and Alchemy, her knowledge of the outside world might not match that of other cultivators.
But she could still read the undisguised, naked look in his eyes earlier, and the contempt filling his words.
In the end, her longing for longevity overcame every other thought.
She suppressed the anger she could barely contain and abandoned the idea of secretly fleeing the Tianyan Sect.
"I understand. Thank you, Steward Lu."
Watching the young man's figure recede, she finally forced herself to say those words against her will.
"You're welcome."
Seeing how obedient she was, Lu Shaohua slowly turned around and nodded with a smile that never reached his eyes.
But just as he made to leave, a resounding voice suddenly rang through the once-peaceful Tianyan Sect.
"Qin Yezhou of Tianyan has come to visit the Sunshine Sect Master."
The words, calm and without a ripple of emotion, echoed through the Sunshine Sect's mountain gate.
Lu Shaohua had no idea who Qin Yezhou was, but he showed no sign of slowing down.
His figure flickered repeatedly as he hurried toward the Sunshine Sect's Inner Sect, where his ancestor resided.
Meanwhile, inside a Cave Abode near the Sunshine Sect's main peak,
Lu Kexun slumped into the chair at the head of the room, looking thoroughly exhausted.
Yet as he watched the Dao Token in his hand continue to tremble faintly, he could not hide the excitement on his face.
After nearly a year of communication and negotiation, he had finally persuaded the old fossils of the other Nine Sons of the Endless Sea sects.
They had settled on a reasonably suitable method for competing