It was a very strange feeling. Although the two had not met for seven or eight years, their conversation flowed with perfect ease, as if they had seen each other only yesterday.
In any case, Feng Jun did not treat her like a True Venerable, and Yi Jue did not feel that her status had risen much after achieving Soul Emergence.
She answered naturally, "There was nothing much to do in the Spirit Plant Path. I'd been in seclusion for so long, so I came out to get some air."
Feng Jun took out a cigarette and lit it. "Your Soul Emergence celebration... when has it been set for?"
"At least another ten years or so. I have to wait until my aura stabilizes," Yi Jue replied casually. "Someone is helping with the invitations, so I don't need to worry about it... How far has the divination progressed?"
As the two chatted casually, the surrounding True Venerables exchanged surprised looks. Were these two really that close?
"It's basically almost done," Feng Jun answered offhandedly. "But refining the details is the hardest part."
"Then I can still catch the tail end of it." Yi Jue smiled faintly. In that instant, it was as though every flower across the Icefield had blossomed.
Cold yet radiant, graceful yet proud.
"Fellow Daoist Yi Jue, perhaps you could give a Dao lecture," True Venerable Qiu Jie said with a smile. "I had never met you before, little friend, but I've heard others talk about you so much that my ears are about to grow calluses... Now that you've just advanced, this is the perfect time for a lecture."
Hearing this, Yi Jue gave him a surprised look. She raised a hand and calculated briefly, then nodded slightly. "So you are a senior of the Chess