Ten days had passed in Green Luo.
A fine rain pattered down from the sky, dripping onto the ground and gathering into streams. A bronze sparrow flew in from afar, descended from the sky, and transformed into a boy clad in gold.
The boy looked exceedingly bright, with rounded cheeks, but his skin gleamed with a golden-bronze sheen. He was craning his neck to peer through the mountain gate.
Many cultivators in Azure Cloud Daoist Robes rode the wind past him. Looking mildly surprised, they glanced at the boy and asked a few questions, but he refused to answer and merely shook his head.
A short while later, a streak of blue-black demonic light descended from the sky, causing the cultivators to retreat. A young woman in a black-and-gold Robe of Law emerged from the clouds, her features exquisite and a sharp aura gathered between her brows.
Having received word from her fellow disciples that such a strange boy had arrived, Liu Shu Han was somewhat startled and hurried over at once.
A brief examination revealed that the boy before her was already at Foundation Establishment Peak. His aura was complete, his metal virtue shone clearly, and he was unmistakably cultivating the hidden metal great Dao. His true form was some kind of spirit gold.
He's from Tip-Feng Mountain? No, his bearing doesn't fit. He's more like one of the immortals on the mountain, and his aura far surpasses Tantai Yiyu's.
Her expression grew slightly solemn, and she said only:
"May I ask who you are, fellow Daoist?"
The gold-clad boy raised his head slightly, seemingly confirming that the woman before him could make decisions. Only then did he speak, in the deep, resonant voice of a young man:
"I am [Bond Metal], a disciple of the Many-Treasure Tradition. On