"Take care, fellow Daoists. If you have the time, do come often to discuss the Dao." Within the Jade Palace, Venerable Yunyang smiled as he saw the two out through the palace gates, utterly devoid of the airs of a Void Refinement Late Stage grand cultivator.
Yet once he watched the two vanish beyond the horizon, the smile slowly faded from his face. He stared at the drifting clouds, his brows drawn tight, remaining motionless for a long while.
Only when another cultivator arrived before the palace and softly called out did he stir.
"Fifth Uncle!"
Venerable Yunyang then came back to himself.
"Come in and speak!" As soon as Venerable Yunyang spoke, he formed a hand seal. Mist immediately shrouded the palace, making it loom in and out of sight as the two figures entered one after the other.
"Yujun, you went to Twin Hump Peak. In your view, what is Ziji like? And what of Qixuan Valley?" The Yang Yujun before him was precisely the man who had gone to Twin Hump Peak that day in an attempt to persuade the other party to become a guest cultivator of the Yang Clan.
However, to the Yang Clan, whether he succeeded was not especially important. Making the trip could at least forge a good connection.
Naturally, Yang Yujun had also observed and assessed them.
Whether a force possessed the momentum to rise depended on its leader, as well as the strength of its members.
"Fifth Uncle, this Ziji is exceedingly deep-minded and cautious with his words. He has clearly managed a household for many years and truly weathered great storms. He is no mere reclusive alchemist. As for the people of Qixuan Valley atop Twin Hump Peak, in this nephew's eyes, none of them are easy to deal with.