"Greetings, Senior."
"You're terribly late. Junior Sister Qin and I have been waiting for you for quite some time."
The young man and girl who had approached first bowed slightly to the Golden Cauldron Patriarch. Then the young man smiled and greeted Yun Caishang and the others.
The white-robed girl beside him returned Yun Caishang's greeting with an emotionless "Junior Sister Yun," then turned her gaze to Wang Yu and asked, "You're Wang Yu?"
"Senior Sister Qin, Master has mentioned you many times." Wang Yu cupped his hands and spoke with the utmost courtesy.
The girl before him looked like a little girl, but she was actually much older than he was. She was the Heaven Toad Ancestor's only other personal disciple.
It was said that many years ago, she and Chen Tianxing had accidentally eaten an unnamed "wondrous fruit." From then on, her figure and appearance had remained permanently unchanged. Her Mysterious Water Art also possessed astonishing divine abilities, and her strength was almost second only to Chen Tianxing, the sect's eldest senior brother.
For some unknown reason, however, this "Senior Sister Qin" had not been named a true disciple and rarely stayed within the Four Symbols Sect. As a result, few outside the sect knew of her, but every Four Symbols Sect disciple who knew she existed held her in deep awe.
Over the years, Wang Yu had learned roughly what this Senior Sister Qin looked like from others, but this was his first time seeing her in person. Surprised as he was, he naturally paid his respects at once.
"I heard you personally slew a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Demonic Path shortly after reaching Foundation Establishment yourself. Your strength is passable. You qualify to be Master's personal disciple." The white-robed girl spoke icily, without a trace