Early in the morning, the moment the sunlight scattered across the ground heralded the start of a new day at the Burning Incense Pavilion.
"Hey!"
"How can someone like you be so lazy!"
"Everyone is currently cultivating with their lives on the line, and as a member of our Burning Incense Pavilion disciples, how can you slack off here all by yourself?" Along a narrow forest path, a man carrying a heavy ruler walked lazily, only to be pointed at and scolded by a young girl behind him.
Xiao Yan had just emerged from the Heaven-Piercing River. What he found strange, however, was that when he came out, he did not exit from the same place he had entered, seemingly due to the mysterious power within the Heaven-Piercing River.
"Me?" Xiao Yan pointed at himself with his finger, then stared at the young girl in front of him and said.
The young girl before him looked to be only about seventeen or eighteen years of age, right in the flush of youth. Her physical development was extremely impressive, with curves in all the right places, giving her a look of utmost purity.
"What are you looking at, I'm talking about you!" Seeing that Xiao Yan was brushing her off, the girl walked over with her hands on her hips, looking utterly indignant.
"How am I being lazy?" Xiao Yan was completely baffled. He had just emerged from the Heaven-Piercing River and had no idea where he had arrived, though the only thing he knew for certain was that he was still within the Burning Incense Pavilion, just unaware of his exact location.
"It's you!"
"The ruins are about to appear, and the Sect Tournament is also imminent. As a member of the Burning Incense Pavilion, instead of cultivating, you're strolling