The Inner Sect's grotto-heaven blessed lands were divided into five tiers: lower grotto heaven, middle grotto heavens, upper grotto heavens, heaven grotto heavens, and finally the most luxurious, top-tier core grotto heaven.
The middle grotto heavens were only a tiny bit better than the bottom-tier lower grotto heaven. In the Mortal World, they would have been little different from the slums.
A dignified Sect Saintess had passed up the imperial palace to live in the slums instead?
Surely that went well beyond "keeping herself unsullied"?
Chun Xiaobai felt there was probably more to this than met the eye.
This Saintess probably had a few wild tricks up her sleeve, too!
Why had he, Chun Xiaobai, chosen a secluded cave abode?
Because the tallest tree caught the wind, and he wanted to make his fortune quietly.
For all he knew, this Saintess was no easy customer either!
Soon, the flying sword landed in a relatively barren mountain range.
The concentration of spiritual qi in the air was clearly less than a tenth of that in the heaven grotto heavens.
Fang Yuan brought him down at the foot of a small hill only a hundred zhang tall.
At that moment, two disciples were being helped down from the cave abode's entrance on the hill. Both were pale and weak, clearly suffering from serious internal injuries.
Fang Yuan immediately approached and cupped his hands toward the Little Medicine Boy standing guard at the entrance. "Junior Sister, we've come to visit Her Highness the Saintess!"
The little girl had large eyes and a round face. She was actually an Inner Sect disciple too, but wore her hair in twin buns and was dressed as a Little Medicine Boy.
The Little Medicine Boy raised her head, looked over Fang Yuan's rotund figure, and spoke in