The Covenant of Dao Integration

Inside Patriarch Feng Tong's portable cavern-heaven.

"Hm? Master has come? Wasn't he meeting Daoist Lord Guiyi together with the Jade Rainbow Emperor?"

A woman sat cross-legged atop a mountain peak, cultivating with her eyes closed. Seeming to sense something, she turned her head, a trace of puzzlement appearing in her eyes.

She wore white feathered robes. Her features were incomparably beautiful, with a smile that naturally brought peace to one's heart at the sight of her.

"Disciple." Patriarch Feng Tong's true body was speaking with Lei Zhan in the city lord's estate. What had come to this cavern-heaven was merely an incarnation formed from a wisp of divine power.

"Master." Nuwa respectfully bowed.

Patriarch Feng Tong looked at his youngest disciple, curiosity faintly showing in his eyes. "Disciple, do you know Daoist Lord Guiyi?"

"Know Daoist Lord Guiyi?"

Nuwa was startled, then revealed a puzzled expression. "This was also my first time meeting Daoist Lord Guiyi, following Master. Before this, I had never seen him."

She was certain that before arriving at Hou Five City, she had never even known who Daoist Lord Guiyi was. She certainly did not know him.

Not one of her old friends bore even the slightest resemblance to Daoist Lord Guiyi.

"This is rather strange." Patriarch Feng Tong frowned slightly. "Just now, Jade Rainbow and I met this Daoist Lord Guiyi, and your matter was brought up as well."

"Oh?" Nuwa was taken aback.

"He said that he is an old acquaintance of yours." Patriarch Feng Tong looked at Nuwa, a faint guess forming in his heart.

"Perhaps it was precisely because he learned that I had taken you as my disciple that, among all the Dominators and Emperors, he agreed to invite us to the city lord's estate first."

"An old acquaintance?"

"This... Master