Ye An's Insight into the Martial Path

Led by Elder Wang, the two passed through the stone steps at the Jade Balance Sect's mountain gate and followed a blue-gray path uphill.

Built against Azure Sun Mountain, the Jade Balance Sect stood on a slope that was not particularly steep. Along the way, the open gate plaza gradually gave way to halls and pavilions arranged across the hillside.

Spirit plants flourished beside the path. When the mountain wind stirred, it carried the faint, mingled scents of medicinal herbs.

Soon, the three arrived before the Jade Balance Sect's Main Hall.

A dark teal plaque hung above the doors, bearing the words "Jade Balance Hall." A martial intent could be faintly felt within the characters.

Elder Wang stopped outside the doors. "Please wait a moment, both of you. I'll announce your arrival."

A short while later, Elder Wang returned at a brisk pace and nodded to Ye An. "Chief Disciple Ye, the Sect Master will see you."

The furnishings inside Jade Balance Hall were far simpler than those in the Four Symbols Sect's Main Hall. Several Jade Balance Sect elders stood along either side, their gazes settling on Ye An without betraying a thing.

A woman sat upright in the seat of honor.

She appeared to be around thirty-five or thirty-six. She wore a plain blue-green dress with a light gray shawl, and her long hair was loosely pinned up with a green jade hairpin. Her face was refined and composed; her eyes held both a woman's warmth and the calm expected of a sect master.

This was the Jade Balance Sect's Sect Master, Yin Luoheng.

She concealed her Late Essence Gathering aura exceptionally well. Had the True Essence from Ye An's Four Inner Arts not already begun transforming into Origin Energy, sharpening his perception of it far beyond that