Ning Chen and several female cultivators entered the pavilion, led by a well-proportioned woman in colorful robes.
Her hair was arranged in twin looped buns aspiring toward immortality. She wore a jacket and skirt beneath a short sleeveless coat, with a silk sash floating from her shoulders to beneath her arms, radiating a soft, multicolored glow.
One glance was enough for Yi Shuyuan and Jiang Lang to realize that she must be the Taiyin Immortal's senior sister, Shi Wei, the foremost female immortal of the Twelve Taiyin Garden Pavilions and now acting palace master of the Taiyin Palace. The sash she wore was the palace's Seven-Colored Cloud-Silk Sash.
Shi Wei briefly looked Yi Shuyuan and Jiang Lang over, then stated why she had come.
"Thank you both for your help earlier. The lunar eclipse is tomorrow, and calamity will befall the Taiyin Palace. If you do not wish to become entangled in it, please take your disciples and leave."
Things had already reached this point. Neither Yi Shuyuan nor Jiang Lang could possibly leave now.
Yi Shuyuan smiled without wasting words.
"Have you fellow Daoists agreed on a plan?"
Jiang Lang, beside him, was even more direct.
"Are we going to wipe out the Spirit Pearl Pavilion first, or wait for them to come knocking and catch those turtles in our jar?"
At those words, some of the female cultivators by the door could not help laughing. Apart from the five who had just returned with them, the other members of the Taiyin Palace also regarded Yi Shuyuan and Jiang Lang with greater respect.
"Since you two are so forthright, we will dispense with formalities as well. Please come with us to Demon-Suppressing Peak! As for your disciples, they may remain here without worry. Our enemies may not even find