Jiang Shu arrived at the Yuan River with the disciples of both schools.
Lin Han, Shi Sheng, and the others had received word early and cleaned out Ku Zhu Nunnery on Great Bear Ridge ahead of time to welcome everyone.
Jiang Shu's disciples had already arrived to await their teacher: the Reincarnation of Ke Yizi, formerly a Sword Immortal of the unorthodox path, and his disciple Zhuang Yi, who had already been in Sichuan; Little Mengchang Luo Lu, the young hero from Chengdu whom they had met by chance and brought into the school; Luo Lu's fiancée Qiu Zhixian, whom Shi Feiyang had recommended in a message delivered by flying sword; and Tao Jun, the young hero from Jiangxi whose flying sword Jiang Shu had taken on Yellow Mountain without accepting him as a disciple at the time.
A few days later, Ling Hun and Cui Wugu arrived with their disciples as well: the Snow Mountain Sect's Whitewater Adept Liu Quan, Seven-Star Adept Zhao Guangdou, the married couple Xiao Yi and Ouyang Shuang whom they had taken in at nearby Lying Cloud Village, and their later disciples, Ouyang Shuang's cousin Ouyang Hong, Xiao Qing of Lying Cloud Village, and others.
Ku Zhu Nunnery became lively indeed. There were thirty or forty Sword Immortals across two generations. Many knew one another by reputation, while others had been acquainted in previous Reincarnations. Finding themselves kindred spirits, they exchanged Daoist teachings, sparred with swords, and talked with blazing enthusiasm.
Of everyone present, Jiang Shu, Ling Hun, and Cui Wugu were the elders. Jiang Shu had the closest relationship with Shi Feiyang and was also the man Shi Feiyang had personally chosen to lead this treasure-retrieval operation.
Besides them, there were Lin Han and Shi Sheng, along with Yuan Hua and Fire Wuhai, the