After returning to Eight Directions City through the Artifact Sect, Fang Qianyuan submitted an application there to travel to the Spirit Taming Sect Headquarters. The formalities took considerable time even with credentials from a major allied sect in hand. By the time he reached the Spirit Taming Sect Headquarters, it was already the first day of the sixth month.
When Fang Qianyuan arrived at the Spirit Taming Sect Headquarters, he saw an elder from its Heavenly Observation Court waiting outside the Teleportation Array, accompanied by several prominent sect members who were also Earth Rank Experts, as well as some people from the aristocratic clans of Central Province.
Seeing Fang Qianyuan emerge from the Formation Array, the Earth Rank Experts all greeted him with the courtesy accorded to a peer. "Welcome to our sect, Fellow Daoist Fang of the Azure Cloud Sect. Your visit from afar truly brings splendor to our humble abode."
"Greetings, elders and fellow Daoists. Please accept Qianyuan's respects," Fang Qianyuan said, returning their greetings.
Elder Cao of the Spirit Taming Sect's Heavenly Observation Court stepped forward. "Fellow Daoist Fang, this way, please."
This was the Spirit Taming Sect's official reception. As a visiting guest, Fang Qianyuan was given lodgings at the Heavenly Observation Court, after which he visited, one by one, the Spirit Taming Sect elders with whom his sect maintained ties.
Among them, Daoist Xuanji, Wang Xuanji, was an old friend of Sect Master Yu Shixian's master. He had even supported and guided Fang Qianyuan's master, Jiang Yunfeng, as a senior expert nurturing a promising younger talent.
Fang Qianyuan went to visit him first.
At Wang Xuanji's residence in the Spirit Taming Sect Headquarters, Fang Qianyuan met this elderly elder, who had already withdrawn from public affairs to cultivate in peace and enjoy his retirement.
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