Change of Heavenly Yuan (4)

After Tianyan left, the side hall fell silent.

The Sword Sect's Seventh Elder leaned back against the stone chair behind him, brows furrowed, and asked softly, "Second Elder, what do you think of that girl?"

Moonlight spilled in, and his voice echoed through the towering hall dozens of zhang high. Then, a figure slowly emerged from the lightless darkness.

The handsome elderly man surnamed Liu stared in the direction Tianyan had left and said softly, "She noticed me just now. To possess such cultivation at her age—the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion's techniques are unfathomable."

The Sword Sect's Seventh Elder glanced at the handsome old man who had come to stand beside him and said in a low voice, "That girl Qingmo isn't bad either. Compared to her, she merely lacks time."

As he spoke, he paused, then added, "And besides, you know I wasn't asking about her cultivation."

The handsome elderly man surnamed Liu narrowed his eyes. Through the hall doors, his gaze swept over the bustling city beneath the Sword Sect's mountain gate, and he let out a soft sigh.

"The visitor comes with ill intent. The thing we least wished to see has happened in the end. My Sword Sect may be facing a great calamity."

The Sword Sect's Seventh Elder turned his stone chair around, frowning as he said, "Do you mean Xu Changtian will personally come to our Sword Sect's mountain gate, or that she truly intends to strike him down with her own hand?"

"Both."

"..."

A long silence followed.

The Sword Sect's Seventh Elder drew a deep breath and said instinctively, "If only the Sect Master were still here—"

"Pingdan, the Sect Master has already passed on. It's too late to say any of that now." The handsome old man cut him off, his tone