"Wow, Feiyan, you really are amazing. Unlike me—I haven't made any progress all these years. There's no chance Fourth Granny will choose me to go out and train. I'm so jealous."
The woman guarding the entrance spoke in a sweet, soft voice full of admiration, smiling as she did.
"It's all right. Everyone will get a chance. Besides, the outside world isn't that exciting. It can't compare to Xiayu."
Ruan Feiyan sounded indifferent, as though she was in a poor mood. As she spoke, she walked through the stone doorway.
The stone door slowly closed behind her. Its sealing mechanism was almost identical to the one at the Earth Sacred Spring.
Ruan Feiyan glanced around. She seemed to catch a scent she disliked and waved a hand before her nose, dispersing the lingering smell of rouge left by whoever had cultivated here before her.
"Ugh. I failed the mission this time, and the grannies look furious. At least they kept their promise to let me cultivate in the sacred grounds. Otherwise, I'd have come back without a man and lost my chance to grow stronger too."
Ruan Feiyan sat down on a cushion, her posture showing off her tall, shapely figure. Her rounded hips spread across her thighs, while her slender waist supported her ample chest.
She toyed with her loose hair and closed her beautiful eyes, preparing to enter Meditation. But she could not help grumbling.
"I need to get stronger quickly. That little bitch Le Nan is about to surpass me, and she has Fourth Granny backing her. At this rate, she might be the eldest sister next year. Hmph!"
"So much for sisterly love. I thought the two of you were close."
A teasing voice came from nowhere, making Ruan Feiyan freeze.
She snapped her eyes open.