Seeing Gu Liani leave now meant there was no hurry to examine the secret inside the stone.
So Elder Jin waved with a smile. "Go on, go on. Attend to your business."
Gu Liani put away the divine fire in her hand and rose into the air on the Wind Scales with the Masked Man beside her. She surveyed their surroundings, confirmed there were no ambushes, then flew away.
In truth, she was not afraid of ambushes anyway. When facing ordinary sects, she was quite confident in herself.
Watching them leave, Elder Jin was still wondering who that masked fellow was. He had not had time to ask earlier, but on second thought, it did not matter, so long as he was a disciple of Summer Path Mountain.
He examined the strange stone in his hand, then casually tucked it into his Heaven-and-Earth Bag.
Once inside the Heaven-and-Earth Bag, the stone separated from its base, and the jade slip fell out as well.
Sitting cross-legged with his hands tucked into his sleeves, Elder Jin seemed motionless. In fact, he had used that opportunity to retrieve the jade slip and was holding it inside his sleeve, secretly channeling his power to read its contents.
"It's plain as day. Summer Path Mountain has at least two divine fires now. Jin Guiqi, shouldn't we congratulate you?"
"That daughter of Gu Yanduo's is impressive. She's no worse than those young brats."
"Pity marriages between our sects are so unlikely. Otherwise, I'd insist on proposing a match for one of my boys."
"Oh, enough. If she truly distinguishes herself in the Divine Fire Domain this time, they might groom her as Summer Path Mountain's next sect leader. How could they marry her off so easily?"
The elders offered sarcastic congratulations, voiced their envy, or cracked