Hearing how Ye Han addressed her, the female cultivator stared at him with wide eyes and asked in astonishment, "Who are you? How do you know me?"
As she spoke, her sword attacks against Qin Jiuzhen slowed, but she still watched Ye Han warily.
Hearing their exchange and sensing the remarkably similar sword intent emanating from their sword techniques, Qin Jiuzhen realized that they seemed to know each other. He hurriedly shouted, "Stop! Fairy, stop!"
Ye Han also shouted in a deep voice, "Stop!"
Hearing the female cultivator's words, Ye Han was truly taken aback. Was she really Ye Lingzhi?
He remembered meeting Ye Lingzhi while exchanging for cultivation techniques at the Scripture Pavilion, shortly after the Seventh Elder had accepted him as a registered disciple. Her cultivation had been low back then, but they had gotten along quite well, and she had even invited him to study and discuss their cultivation insights together.
However, Ye Han had felt there was little need for that and had never gone to see Ye Lingzhi.
He remembered that the last time he had encountered Ye Lingzhi was when Han Yuwan had asked him to help catch that Earthwalker Demon Beast...
After that, he had never seen Ye Lingzhi at the Scripture Pavilion again, nor had he seen her on Seven Mysteries Peak.
He had always assumed that, like many disciples, Ye Lingzhi had gone out seeking treasures and met with some unknown danger, either killed by a demon beast or murdered by another cultivator for her treasures.
In this Cultivation World, danger lurked everywhere. Many cultivators might meet once and never see each other again; either they themselves perished, or the other person did.
He had never expected to encounter Ye Lingzhi here, in the Heavenly Secret Hall's Treasure Mountain on the