Brocade Capital Commandery, Rainbow-Washed Mountain.
Heavy clouds rolled and shifted, blotting out the daylight. A fine rain fell, sweeping westward with the wild wind and knocking golden blossoms from the hills.
Dark clouds shifted within the Great Void, dim and inscrutable. A woman in a plain dress emerged from them, her face clear and lovely, a Jade Sword at her waist, her aura indistinct.
It was Wen Si'an!
She had successfully emerged from seclusion, having smoothly cultivated her second divine ability.
[Heavy Cloud Concealment]
This divine ability belonged to the body and emulated Greater Yin. Its most important uses were concealment and slowing!
Once she entered these heavy clouds, she could conceal her aura and nature and life, instantly shaking off all manner of locks upon her. It was an exceptionally powerful means of preserving her life. If she sent an enemy into the clouds, their mana, spirit sense, and the workings of their nature and life would all become unbearably sluggish.
More importantly, this divine ability possessed formidable self-healing power, the finest among the five Gui Water divine abilities. Another ability, [Immortal-Inheriting Dew], specialized in healing others' injuries.
The Gui Water divine abilities she cultivated came from the Turbid Transformation Hate Water Scroll, which contained [Clear Rainfall], [Hate-Turbid Birth], and [Heavy Cloud Concealment]. Apart from Hate-Turbid Birth, which was steeped in demonic qi, the other two were orthodox immortal arts.
After emerging from seclusion, Wen Si'an considered briefly, circulated her mana, and fetched the dossiers and confidential letters to read them one by one.
"Great Mystery Mountain has been reclaimed."
She stepped out of the Great Void and traveled several miles northeast, where she saw a smelting ground nestled between Lacquer Mountain and Rainbow-Washed Mountain.
The hills there had been leveled, leaving a stretch of flat ground. Several furnaces