Two days later, when the sky was just beginning to pale at dawn, Mo Ruohua bid farewell to her roommates and left Kaiyang Academy aboard a flying vessel, heading for the northern front.
Not long after she departed, a drizzling rain began to fall from the sky. The rain gradually grew heavier, and before long, the entire Academy was shrouded beneath a torrential curtain of rain.
At this very moment, a Daoist holding a whisk and bearing the air of an immortal walked through Kaiyang Academy. As he passed, the rain naturally parted around either side of his body, not touching him in the slightest.
He went all the way to the Golden Platform where Zhang Yu lived. Glancing around, he muttered to himself, "Is there only one constructed person here?"
Inside the Golden Platform, Azure Dawn was practicing swordsmanship in the training ground, taking every move and stance with utmost seriousness.
Because he was diligent and devoted, his strength had improved swiftly these past few days. However, he could not use the breathing methods available to ordinary people and could only slowly temper his body to awaken its spirituality.
Just then, he sensed something unusual. Turning his head, he saw an extra figure reflected upon the jade wall beside him. A Daoist of extraordinary bearing stood before the Golden Platform's entrance. Azure Dawn stopped, guessing that this person might have come to visit his teacher.
Azure Sunlight had gone out early to purchase ingredients, while Li Qinghe had also happened to leave on business. He was now the only one inside the Golden Platform. Wiping away his sweat and tidying himself up, he headed downstairs.
Yet he had taken only a few steps when the entire Golden Platform trembled, then sank underground with a rumbling roar.
Within the quiet