At the sound of that voice...
Everyone turned to look.
A slender young woman in white robes had appeared behind them, seemingly out of nowhere.
Her features were delicate and lovely, her snow-white robes untouched by dust. Her dark eyes quietly studied them.
The two disciples exchanged a glance.
Each saw the bewilderment in the other's eyes.
Who was she?
Beside them, Su Liu's face lit up.
She instinctively took a small half-step forward, about to greet her.
But just as the words reached her lips, she seemed to remember something and swallowed them back, turning to look at Chen Yuan beside her.
Following her gaze...
The two disciples clearly caught on as well.
By the look of things... was she an acquaintance of Senior Brother Chen Yuan?
Noticing everyone's gazes...
Chen Yuan had no time to explain to his two companions.
He banished the worry from his face and hurried forward a step, cupping his hands. "Guest... Guest Elder Jiang."
Guest Elder?
At those words...
The other two disciples shuddered, the bewilderment in their eyes deepening.
But both had been staying within the sect lately.
They enjoyed wandering among the various peaks, listening to gossip.
Their thoughts raced.
They soon recalled a rumor that had recently spread like wildfire among the inner disciples.
Word had it that an exceptionally young guest elder had recently joined the sect. Though her apparent cultivation was low, her talent was terrifying.
Supposedly, when Elder Taizhen had given a lecture a few days earlier, this guest elder had only arrived partway through to listen.
Yet in that brief span of time...
She had actually mastered the Six-Turn Heavenly River, the foremost technique beneath the Jieqing Spirit Art.
As inner disciples, they knew all too well how extraordinarily demanding it was to even begin learning