On a mountain peak within Azure Boundary Sect.
Palaces and pavilions had been built along the contours of the mountain, while cultivators flowed back and forth along the mountain paths like a dark, surging tide.
At the edge of the crowd.
A young girl stood on tiptoe, curiously taking in the bustling scene around her.
She wore a long robe of blue-green, her figure graceful and supple. Her dark hair fell to her waist, fluttering lightly in the breeze.
Her oval face was exquisitely beautiful, her brows and eyes delicate, her skin fair. Every glance she cast carried a lively, spirited air.
Quite a few passing disciples kept stealing looks at her, yet the dense aura faintly leaking from her body made them afraid to stare directly.
At the girl's side.
Stood a somewhat slender young man.
His face was full of vigilance as he glanced around. Tugging on the girl's sleeve, he said uneasily, "Senior Sister, if we sneak out like this and Master finds out..."
At that.
The girl glared at him, then impatiently slapped his hand away.
"What are you afraid of? Master took Eldest Senior Brother to Hundred Flower Valley. They said a Cave Abode had appeared at Cloud Dream Palace—there's no way they'll be back in less than half a year."
She extended a slender finger and poked his forehead.
"As long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, and we return before Master does, who will know we secretly went down the mountain?"
The young man rubbed his forehead, still somewhat hesitant. "But..."
"But what?"
The girl leaned closer to him. "Master brought you up the mountain when you were little. Every day, all you do is cultivate and meditate... Don't you want to see the splendid rivers and mountains of