Heavenly Dew (5)

On the surface, the Profound Heaven Sect remained peaceful and calm. Disciples cultivated and debated the Dao as usual; clouds and mist curled through the mountains, spirit birds sang sweetly, and everything seemed unchanged.

Yet beneath that calm surface, dark currents had long been surging. Though Yu Lan True Person's betrayal had not been made public, it had sent towering waves through the sect's core elders.

True Person Yu Qing knew how grave the matter was. Yu Lan True Person was one of the sect's seven elders, a presiding elder, and the master of Beast Spirit Peak. He should have been a pillar of the sect, yet he had proved to be a traitor hidden among them for years, and his hands were quite possibly stained with fellow disciples' blood.

This was no longer something he could handle alone. After careful thought, True Person Yu Qing secretly summoned Yu Qin True Person and Yu Xuan True Person, who were both at the sect, and arranged to meet them in a cave behind Plain Spirit Peak.

The cave was called One Cave, a name the Grand Elder had given it on a whim years ago. It had served as his private hideaway. True Person Yu Qing had discovered the hidden place only by chance, after secretly following his eldest senior brother.

Few people had ever visited Plain Spirit Peak, and it had fallen completely into neglect over the years. Weeds ran wild across it, tangling together taller than a person and almost swallowing the path up the mountain. Had True Person Yu Qing not remembered the place so clearly, he might never have found the hidden cave.

Parting the weeds and stepping into the dim cave, one would find a full set of tables, chairs, a bed, and cabinets. The Grand