(Third Update)
High in the azure sky, at an altitude ordinary eyes could scarcely see, dozens of cultivators sat chatting on the back of an enormous azure bird whose outspread wings spanned dozens of zhang. Off to one side sat an exceptionally beautiful female cultivator who looked seventeen or eighteen, gazing at the scenery outside. Some of the male cultivators seemed deeply enamored of her, but none dared approach her to strike up a conversation.
This female cultivator was none other than Liu Xian'er's disciple, Zhao Xiaoqing. This party of cultivators was the Heavenly Dao Sect's delegation to this year's Spiritlight Lake Competition.
After several years of cultivation on the Heavenly Dao Sect's Rainbow Rosy Peak, Zhao Xiaoqing had finally reached the perfected True Cultivation Stage. She had placed second in the sect's internal competition and earned the good fortune of joining this expedition to Spiritlight Lake, becoming a somewhat renowned member of the sect's younger generation. When she first went to the Heavenly Dao Sect, Liu Xian'er and Li Xiaoya had given her several spiritual artifacts, so her divine abilities were naturally far from weak. Had Liu Xian'er not spent so much time away, unable to guide her, her abilities might have been even more formidable by now. She might well have already reached the Core Condensation Stage. Moreover, because she was Liu Xian'er's disciple, none of the other disciples dared harbor overly presumptuous intentions toward her.
"Hmm?" As Zhao Xiaoqing looked at the surrounding scenery, she suddenly spotted two streaks of escaping light, one red and one blue, flashing across the horizon. They vanished into thin air in an instant, drawing a startled sound from her. Were those cultivators? How could they be so fast?
Several li away from the great azure bird, the red and blue streaks