Shi Feiyang wanted to test Yue Wen's discernment and see whether she could recognize his true form. The result satisfied him. Yue Wen would one day become one of the Emei Sect's Four Greats male disciples, and her grounding in Mystic Sect cultivation was exceptionally solid. If even she could not see through him, those of the Unorthodox Path and heretical sects had even less chance.
He told Yue Wen calmly, "I saw that a Han Dynasty Immortal had sealed treasures here, so I came to break the restrictions and retrieve them. Bi Xiu up there wanted to wait until I brought them out and reap the rewards without lifting a finger. He set up a formation with eight banners to trap me here. Then you came down."
Unable to gauge his depths, Yue Wen felt a little relieved to hear that he was not in league with Bi Xiu. "My name is Yue Wen, and my master is the Cloud-Chasing Elder. May I ask your name, fellow Daoist?"
"My surname is Long."
"Fellow Daoist Long, since you are not in league with my junior brother, please do not interfere in our internal affairs. I must hurry and take him back to my master. If you ever pass through Mount Heng, please visit the Pearl-Curtain Cave and allow me to offer you a host's hospitality." With that, Yue Wen rose on her sword.
"Wait!" Shi Feiyang pointed a finger. The Zhoutian Divine Talisman on the Primordial Unity Umbrella shone, spilling a vast expanse of Golden Rosy Clouds that pressed down on her sword light.
Greatly startled, Yue Wen was forced back to the ground. Holding her sword across her body, she asked urgently, "Didn't you say you weren't in league with Bi Xiu? Why are you stopping me now?"
Shi