Shrouding the Heavens: The Years I Was the Female Emperor's Strictest Master

His calm gaze swept across the steep surrounding mountains and the faintly gleaming protective Dao patterns, and he formed a preliminary judgment of the Chi Family's foundations.

Along the way, he had not completely concealed his aura.

Standing here now, through the Soul Pearl's mystical properties, he could perceive more than one divine sense covertly sweeping over him, carrying a measure of scrutiny.

At merely a checkpoint outside the clan grounds, no fewer than three Half-Saints were stationed in the shadows.

Compared to the already declining Xiang Family of the Southern Region, the Chi Family was indeed far more prosperous. The two could not be mentioned in the same breath.

Judging solely by the current state of the two families, if one did not know the inside story, who could have imagined that tens of thousands of years ago, the Chi Family had merely been a vassal of the Xiang Family, one of the Great Accomplished Golden Body's old subordinates?

Whoosh!

Whoosh... whoosh...

Before long, the sound of something slicing through the air came from the horizon.

Three streaks of light swept over from deep within the mountain range. They had been on the horizon an instant ago, yet in the blink of an eye they had arrived above the mouth of the valley. One descended from the sky, while the others drifted down gracefully, revealing three figures.

Tan Lin raised his eyes and looked over.

The person in the middle was broad and powerfully built, with heroic features and eyes like lightning. His aura was as unfathomable as the sea. He was presumably Chi Tianfeng, the Chi Family head who had come bearing the Ancestor Weapon to provide aid last year.

Standing to either side of him were two stunningly beautiful young girls. Their jade-like faces were identical, both