Yan Qingsui had intended to slip away on his own as soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, but Sword Venerable Jinglin firmly made him stay. His reasoning was perfectly sound, too: this occasion was special, and Yan Qingsui could not be allowed to fool around. As for Tao Doudou, after a moment's hesitation, Sword Venerable Jinglin allowed her to go ahead and find Qiao Ranran. He also knew that there was not a single woman in the entire Profound Heart Sect who could help Qiao Ranran with her preparations. Sending Tao Doudou over would give her a helping hand.
Yan Qingsui was unhappy. "Why can Junior Sister help? Why can't I go help, too?"
Sword Venerable Jinglin said nothing, but Venerable Muhua laughed. "Doudou can help if she goes. You would only make a mess, hahahaha."
Yan Qingsui said, "I object!" Why would I only make a mess if I went?
"I suspect our young friend Pei might not want to see you?" Venerable Muhua's smile was exceedingly kindly, but his words were not nearly so pleasant.
Before coming, Venerable Muhua and Sword Venerable Jinglin had already known that this gathering was not so simple. Initially, it had been described as Qiao Ranran and Pei Ling's Bonding Ceremony. Later, it became a collective celebration of the Profound Heart Sect's disciples advancing to the deity transformation stage.
In a major sect, advancing to the deity transformation stage was not a particularly big event. The Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect, for instance, generally only held lively celebrations when someone advanced to the body integration stage or the great vehicle stage. But the Profound Heart Sect was different. There were only a handful of people in the entire sect to begin with, and practically all its disciples had advanced to the