Once Wu Jixing had made up her mind, she went to find the Jade Tower Sect's contact in the Wanjiao area.
As a group that normally operated around Guangling in Yang Province, Qionghua Pavilion naturally had few connections in the Southern Sea. They had therefore asked an expert to stay in Wanjiao and help them contact the various factions, exchange intelligence, and build relationships.
This expert was a true disciple of the Jade Tower Sect. By seniority, she was Wu Jixing's martial aunt. Her name was Sun Qiongyu.
"Xing Qiong greets Martial Aunt. Sorry for the trouble of traveling everywhere to gather intelligence for us lately. Thank you for all your effort!"
The Jade Tower Sect elder, whose hair was already half gray and who looked rather aged, smiled. "You make me feel a little ashamed. People in the Southlands often say, 'There are three bitter trades in this world: poling boats, forging iron, and grinding tofu.' You've been sailing at sea, exposed to wind and sun every day, while facing sea beasts, Monsters, gales, and towering waves. You haven't even called it hard work. What have I done by comparison?"
That made Wu Jixing laugh too, and the atmosphere grew easy and warm.
The Jade Tower Sect divided its disciples into outer disciples and true disciples. Outer disciples did not need to change their names, but true disciples added the character "Qiong" to theirs. Broadly speaking, this generation placed "Qiong" first, the next placed it last, and the pattern alternated.
For example, this martial aunt was a tenth-generation disciple of the Jade Tower Sect. Her original name was Sun Guanyu, so within the sect she was called Sun Qiongyu. Wu Jixing was one generation below her, which put "Qiong" after the other character in her name. But Wu Jixing