"Cai Zhu was taken in as a disciple by an immortal master of Mount Putuo back then. I thought it would be much longer before I had the chance to come here. Who knew I'd be here already?" Shen Luo recalled those events and spoke with a touch of wistfulness.
"Good lad, after such a long reunion, you're giving her a hairpin as a gift? Since she's a cultivator, shouldn't you at least give her a Magical Artifact?" Bai Xiaotian clapped him on the shoulder.
"What matters is the sentiment, not whether the gift is valuable. Besides, I don't know what cultivation art Cai Zhu practices now. Even if I wanted to give her a Magical Artifact, it would have to suit her." Shen Luo grinned.
As they spoke, he finally selected an exquisitely crafted plum blossom hairpin. After paying for it, he placed it in a delicate wooden box and put it away.
"They said Mount Putuo would send disciples to conduct Jieyin for those attending the assembly. Do you know exactly where?" Shen Luo asked after getting to his feet.
"Mount Putuo is an immortal mountain overseas in the South Sea. Strictly speaking, it's a fairly large island. There are also eighteen smaller satellite islands around it. In the past, Jieyin was conducted on Xingzi Island among them. I imagine this year will be no different." Bai Xiaotian considered it briefly before answering.
"In that case, let's head straight for Xingzi Island first," Shen Luo said.
Bai Xiaotian nodded. The two immediately arrived at a desolate stretch of beach, each mounted a flying sword, and shot away one after the other as two streaks of rainbow light.
It was the height of summer. The sky was cloudless for ten thousand miles, blue as a freshly washed expanse, while