Chen Fan and the others had clearly noticed the young cultivator's change in expression as well. They all looked up.
A streak of light cut across the sky. A woman dressed in white gauze robes stood with her hands behind her back on a flying sword, looking down at everyone with a faint smile.
She looked to be around twenty-eight, and was quite beautiful. Still, compared with Qin Xian'er and Mu Yunshui, she could not quite measure up. Her cultivation, however, had already reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Setting her battle prowess aside, she was still a realm above Mu Yunshui after the latter had cultivated the unorthodox technique.
"Senior Sister Gao, what brings you here?" The Foundation Establishment disciple looked very surprised.
"Ever since True Person Ma Yu went into seclusion, the Eighth Peak has been without anyone to oversee it for two years. The Law Enforcement Hall has just issued an order. For the next three years, I'll be in charge of the Eighth Peak." As she spoke softly, the woman swept her gaze over the hundred Qi Refining disciples.
"In charge of the Eighth Peak!" The Foundation Establishment disciple froze at her words. His expression changed at once, and he dropped to one knee, bowing his head as he called out, "Li Du, disciple of the Eighth Peak, pays his respects to Peak Master Gao!"
"Rise." The White-Robed Woman spoke with effortless calm. Her Divine Sense had already passed over the hundred disciples one by one, as if committing each of their faces to memory. Only then did she slowly speak again. "Li Du, take the newly admitted outer disciples to the Jade Pavilion."
With that, the flying sword beneath her feet turned, and she shot away in a streak of light, vanishing from everyone's sight