Jade Parasol City.
Under the cover of night.
Ji Yuan stared at the figure standing in the Void, a blood-red cloak draped over her shoulders. Disbelief filled his eyes.
Was this the woman Xu Youxia had described—Partridge Whistle's eldest disciple, a Void Realm body cultivator, their senior sister Shen Xisheng?
He had thought he would have to reach the Thunder Pool before meeting her. He had never expected to find her the moment he arrived in Jade Parasol City.
Then a thought flashed through Ji Yuan's Sea of Consciousness. Just as I thought.
He had been wondering why Gongsun Yan, a Seventh-Tier Alchemist and Body Integration Realm cultivator ranked among the ten greatest alchemists on the Kunwu Continent, would come all the way to Jade Parasol City.
Why attend a modest event like the Pill Origin Grand Assembly?
Now it seemed there was more to it.
"What are you standing there for?" Xu Youxia nudged him with an elbow and leaped into the air. "Come on."
Ji Yuan gathered his thoughts and flew after him. One behind the other, they swept up to Shen Xisheng.
Only when he drew close did Ji Yuan truly feel the weight of her presence. It was not spiritual pressure, but the sheer force of a body cultivator's bearing.
Her body had been tempered to its utmost limit, and the edge she naturally gave off was like a drawn blade. Simply standing there, she exerted tremendous pressure.
But after a moment, she drew it back.
Ji Yuan felt the tension leave his body. Suddenly, the woman before him seemed less like a formidable senior sister and more like an ordinary young woman.
He did not dare slight her. He bowed at once, cupping his fists. "I'm Ji Yuan. Greetings, Senior Sister."
Shen Xisheng did not