Zhao Rou said, "I asked her over the past few days. She said she did not know where she came from or even what her name was. She remembered none of it. I also probed her with qi, and she was not lying."
Zhen Chuo pondered. "She does not know her own past? Yet she carries Celestial Xia bloodline. That is rather strange."
Zhao Rou insisted, "But it is not beyond explanation."
Zhen Chuo said, "Junior Sister, do as you wish for now."
Zhao Rou's expression softened. She stepped forward and clasped Zhen Chuo's hand, then walked out.
Though she could not accept disciples or freely impart Dao methods, there was no harm in teaching some rudimentary things. Thus, over the following days, she taught Yao Li a breathing technique.
The result delighted her just as much. In only a few days, Yao Li had grown familiar with and mastered the breathing technique, no longer needing Zhao Rou to watch over her deliberately. But entering the path was still far off. No matter how exceptional one's talent, it could not happen so quickly.
Yet deep in her heart, she had already decided that this girl was her disciple. Once the term of exile had passed and her criminal guilt had been erased, she would take her into her sect.
Several more days passed before tension suddenly swept through the encampment. The flying vessels rose into the air and sped off in every direction, presenting a scene of full alert.
Sensing that something was amiss, Zhao Rou found Zhen Chuo and asked, "Senior Brother, has something happened?"
Zhen Chuo said, "Ban Lan, a profound cultivator from Eastern Court Prefecture, has arrived. It is said that some upheaval has occurred at sea, and Cui Xuanzheng has no time to come here, so