Yun Yun led the way while Lu Heng followed behind. One after the other, they passed through several dense bamboo groves along a secluded bluestone path.
The mountain breeze carried a slight chill, stirring Yun Yun's skirt and hair.
She never looked back, but the faint flush on the tips of her ears betrayed the unrest in her heart.
Before long, the two arrived before a mountainside cliff shrouded in dense mist.
Yun Yun stopped. Her slender hands formed a complex seal before she gently pressed it against the cliff face.
"Buzz!"
The cliff trembled slightly. The hard rock rippled like water, revealing a deep cavern entrance.
A rich medicinal fragrance rushed out from within, mixed with the distinctive energy fluctuations of all manner of heavenly treasures.
"This is the Misty Cloud Sect's treasury."
Yun Yun turned aside to clear the entrance. Her voice had regained some of its coolness, but her gaze wandered, and she did not dare meet Lu Heng's eyes.
"I know you have high standards, so I won't recommend anything. Take a look for yourself. If you see anything you like, just take it."
"Alright." Lu Heng smiled without exposing her embarrassment and stepped into the treasury.
The treasury was enormous, far more spacious than it appeared from outside.
Moonlight Stones embedded in the surrounding stone walls emitted a soft glow, illuminating the entire treasury as brightly as day.
Rows of shelves made from cold jade stood in neat order. They held all kinds of dazzling boxes and jade bottles, as well as strange medicinal ingredients exposed directly to the air and surrounded by halos of energy.
Lu Heng did not immediately begin searching. Instead, he closed his eyes, and the soul power of Mortal Realm Grand Completion swept through the entire treasury like an invisible