Two junior disciples from Little Green Peak who had yet to undergo the First Nine Heavenly Tribulation had come seeking an audience with the sect master.
Ying Yuan did not disturb you over such a trivial matter, merely sending Hong Tianyan to receive them.
Then she recalled that Qing Yao, the sect master's newly accepted disciple, was similar in cultivation and seniority to the visitors.
"Qing Yao, go as well. Since they are from Mount Fangcun, see that proper courtesies are observed."
"Yes, Senior Sister."
Having received her orders, Qing Yao went with Hong Tianyan.
At the entrance to the Taihua Sect encampment, two women stood quietly.
Disciples of the Three Daos visiting one another might be rare in the outside world, but it was nothing unusual in Eagle-Sorrow Gorge.
Still, it was surprising that these two women had immediately asked to see the Taihua Sect's sect master.
Looking closely, both were strikingly beautiful. One had lively brows and eyes, with an air of transcendence about her.
The other possessed a graceful bearing and tranquil poise.
The visitors were none other than Shen Qingxue and Shang Fang.
Shang Fang had truly come only to accompany Shen Qingxue.
She found it strange. Qingxue had always known propriety and her place, never doing anything so improper.
To seek an audience with a famed Outer Dao sect master as a Righteous Dao disciple was, after all, somewhat presumptuous.
But she could not put her mind at ease, so she had come along.
Shen Qingxue, however, looked perfectly composed. She stood quietly before the Taihua Sect encampment, assuming the posture of one seeking an audience.
Before long, a burly man of towering stature emerged, leading a woman dressed in green.
Shen Qingxue recognized them both. The former was Hong Tianyan, the Taihua Sect elder