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Fragrant flowers filled the air, while the greenery had dimmed.

The scorching heat of July hung heavy in the afternoon, the blazing sun overhead making the heat unbearable.

Li Xian left the small town and headed straight for the inner island. Along the way, he saw Flower Cage Sect disciples traveling in twos and threes, laughing and joking as they traded crude jests. Seeing how fierce the sunlight was, they ducked into the woods to enjoy the shade. Li Xian moved with Seven-Star Step, his figure flickering and weaving through the paths. Upon reaching the inner island, the disciples there all recognized him and greeted him with smiling faces and respectful courtesy.

Li Xian returned their greetings with a smile, then turned southeast. Before long, he reached his destination.

The Martial Inquiry Pavilion housed exquisite martial arts, and Deputy Chief Envoy Yan Hao lived within it.

The pavilion stood seven zhang tall, with a black roof and crimson walls, solemn and dignified. It was said that its walls were built from mysterious stones from the deep lake, indestructible and as weighty as mountains. As Li Xian walked through the building, he immediately sensed that its layout was anything but ordinary.

The pavilion contained "basic martial arts," "Lower Vehicle martial arts," and "Middle Vehicle martial arts." Upper Vehicle martial arts were exceedingly rare. Great clans, noble families, and renowned sects all treated them as secrets, passing them down orally and teaching them personally. There was absolutely no reason for them to record such arts in books and sell them.

Even if they were recorded in books, they would surely be incomplete. Basic martial arts cost more than a hundred Merit Copper Coins, while Lower Vehicle martial arts cost several taels of Merit Silver... The Martial Inquiry Pavilion contained both the sect's