Emerald Cloud Peak.
At Elder Sun's former residence, the simple, somewhat dilapidated Thatched Cottage had vanished, replaced by a Brick House.
After arriving at Emerald Cloud Peak, Elder Li had immediately demolished Elder Sun's Thatched Cottage and posted a contribution points task, summoning over a dozen disciples to build a Brick House. In front of it, beside the cliff, he had also built an Octagonal Pavilion, with a meditation cushion placed in its center.
Chen Yu and Lü Yanyan arrived at Elder Li's residence.
They immediately spotted Elder Li sitting cross-legged on the meditation cushion in the Octagonal Pavilion.
They walked over.
Both cupped their hands. "Elder Li."
Hearing them,
Elder Li slowly opened his eyes. He did not turn around, merely gazing out over the clusters of mountains ahead as he asked calmly and indifferently, "What brings you here?"
Behind him, Chen Yu studied Elder Li.
He had yet to reach the peak of the second layer of Foundation Establishment and was considerably weaker than Elder Sun had been.
"Reporting to the elder, we have both broken through to the seventh layer of Qi Refining. We came to register for promotion to the Inner Sect."
Lü Yanyan cupped her hands as she spoke beside him.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Elder Li immediately turned around on his meditation cushion and saw a male and a female disciple, both at the seventh layer of Qi Refining.
A smile suddenly blossomed on Elder Li's previously indifferent face.
"Excellent. Junior Brother, Junior Sister, your cultivation has indeed reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining."
...Junior Brother?
...Junior Sister?
Chen Yu and Lü Yanyan exchanged glances, each seeing confusion in the other's eyes.
Across from them, Elder Li smiled and said, "Before taking up my post at Emerald Cloud Peak, I was also one of