Arrival

A hundred li away, The cold wind swept over the treetops, and several figures appeared indistinct amid the white mist deep within the dense forest.

Three women dressed in the robes of Moon-Inviting Sect elders stood several zhang apart. Faint rosy light flowed and intertwined between them, vaguely forming some kind of formation.

At their center sat a woman cross-legged.

The beautiful woman wore a red palace robe and an exquisite golden crown. Her lovely eyes were shut tight as ripples of sound waves continuously spread out from her, sweeping through the ghost-tree forest around them.

Amid those inaudible sound waves came the faint rustle of their conversation.

"This is already the third month. Even with our Moon-Inviting Sect's sound-path tracking technique, finding someone in Sword-Forging Valley is still like fishing a needle from the sea. What exactly is the Sect Master thinking?"

"Elder Qi, this is a heaven-sent chance for us to involve ourselves with the Charm God Cherry Tree. Surely you know what kind of divine treasure the Charm God Cherry Tree is?"

"Hmph, of course I know about the Charm God Cherry Tree. But both the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion and Taiqing Dao Palace are watching it closely. Even if we help them find it, how many scraps from the table could we possibly get?"

"This concubine feels Elder Qi has a point. This time, our Moon-Inviting Sect split into four groups and dispatched nearly every elder above Origin Beginning. If this drags on for a year or half, the time squandered will be an enormous loss to the sect."

"Ah, the Sect Master must have her own considerations. But if the Sect Master had come in person, with her cultivation, this operation should have gone much more smoothly."

"For all these years, no one has kept All