"Turning in a sect errand?"
Yu Xiuyuan was still puzzling over this when Jiang Yang opened the jade box, revealing two intact pieces of [water-cutting mystic amber].
"Oh... these are the Spirit Treasures the True Person ordered us to find."
He had just been wondering how this Junior Brother Jiang had come to seek him out. So a sect errand had guided him here. He had to admit that this, too, was a kind of fated connection.
"In that case, let's set cultivation aside for now. Come with me, Junior Brother Jiang."
Official business took priority. As he spoke, Yu Xiuyuan led Jiang Yang through the sect gates.
"After you, Senior Brother Yu."
With that polite reply, Jiang Yang followed behind him.
Perhaps everyone who cultivated "grace and bearing" favored beautiful things, for Pure Etiquette Peak's scenery had been exquisitely arranged.
Trees and bamboo surrounded them, along with spiritual flowers and lotus ponds. Before their eyes, clouds and mist wreathed mountain streams; overhead, waterfalls poured down from the heavens.
By comparison, Dawn Rain Peak, likewise a True Person's cultivation ground, looked much more simply landscaped. To put it graciously, it expressed the beauty of nature, with a sense of returning to simplicity and truth. The two were difficult to compare.
As they walked, Yu Xiuyuan turned back and said:
"Junior Brother Jiang, this is opportunity guiding your steps. Having accepted an errand from Pure Etiquette Peak, you were surely meant to cultivate here. Do you know why our peak is collecting these spiritual materials?"
Jiang Yang still remembered that unfamiliar senior brother's speculation, so he replied:
"Could it be to blend spiritual qi?"
"Exactly as you thought, Junior Brother Jiang."
Yu Xiuyuan struck his palm with his fist and said:
"Both [crimson vermilion grease] and [water-cutting mystic amber] are used