Her features were delicate and lovely, but a trace of surprise lingered between her brows.
"Fellow Daoist Qingxuzi, why have you left your secluded cultivation on Divine Firmament Mountain to visit my humble island?"
Fairy Holy Sound's voice was as pleasing as a clear spring striking stone.
"By the decree of our newly appointed Sect Leader, Li Yunjing, I have come to deliver an invitation to you, Fairy."
Qingxuzi cupped his hands and produced the invitation wreathed in purple lightning. "Three years from now, our sect will hold its inauguration ceremony. We respectfully invite you to attend."
"A new Sect Leader? Li Yunjing?"
Fairy Holy Sound paused, then accepted the invitation.
When her divine sense touched the aura carrying a trace of the Divine Firmament Thunder Seal's majesty, along with Li Yunjing's image and name, the slender fingers resting on her zither suddenly trembled, plucking a jarring note.
"Him?"
Fairy Holy Sound's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. "He... he has reached the Nascent Soul Realm? And succeeded as Sect Leader?"
"Indeed!"
Pride shone on Qingxuzi's face, as though the honor were his own. "Our Sect Leader is a heaven-bestowed genius. Ordinary reasoning cannot measure him."
"This truly is... staggering."
"Back then, he still had to stand shoulder to shoulder with us. Now he has soared into the heavens in a single flight and commands a mighty power."
Fairy Holy Sound drew a deep breath, suppressing the stormy waves in her heart, and smiled bitterly. "Please tell Sect Leader Li that Holy Sound will certainly arrive on time to congratulate my fellow Daoist... no, to congratulate the Sect Leader personally on his accession!"
Unconsciously, a trace of reverence had entered her voice.
After all, now that Li Yunjing had become Sect Leader of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, his standing was