Not long after walking along the path into the formation, Nuwa and Fuxi appeared ahead in the mountain forest.
Nuwa still wore an apricot-yellow immortal dress, and her aura was more harmonious and complete than when she had left Purple Star.
Clearly, over the past half Epoch Cycle, she had sorted through most of what she had gained from Zixiao Palace's second lecture.
When Kong Xuan approached, she did not neglect etiquette simply because they had spent several days together before. She first gave the two of them a proper salute.
"Kong Xuan greets Aunt-Master Nuwa and Aunt-Master Fuxi."
"Rise."
Nuwa's gaze lingered briefly on her. Sensing the now-stable Taiyi aura around her, the smile in her eyes deepened.
"You truly have attained Taiyi. That was much faster than I expected."
"My master taught me well."
Kong Xuan straightened up and added very seriously, "And I did not slack off."
The girl enunciated the latter half of her sentence especially clearly. She clearly had no intention of giving Qing Xuan all the credit.
Nuwa chuckled at her. "I can tell."
Qing Xuan and Qing Yi had also come forward, and the four exchanged greetings.
Fuxi smiled as he led everyone into the mountain. He no longer treated Kong Xuan as a junior requiring special attention, merely asking now and then about her cultivation over the past half Epoch Cycle.
At first, Kong Xuan answered quite seriously.
But as they ventured deeper into Phoenix Perch Mountain, her attention was quickly drawn to the scenery around her.
Unlike the vast, tranquil solitude of Purple Star, Phoenix Perch Mountain was lush with flourishing vegetation, brimming with vigorous life everywhere.
Spirit springs flowed along the rocks. Many spirit flowers Kong Xuan had never seen before grew along their banks, while little beasts that had