The Immortal Pool was the Mystic Maiden Sect's supreme treasure, located atop Jade Peak.
A spirit vein ran through Jade Peak, gushing forth a spirit spring once every ten years to form the Immortal Pool.
Cultivating while immersed in the Immortal Pool allowed one to advance a thousand miles in a single day, and it was the Mystic Maiden Sect's most important means of nurturing experts.
Qinglan waved her hand. "Just blindfold him. Were you really going to use your junior sisters to repay his kindness?"
Yingyu protested bashfully, "Master, stop teasing. I'll go invite Young Master Tang."
"Mm. Have you found out where Young Master Feng is?" Qinglan asked.
"The Academy."
"The Academy... the Northern Spirit Realm... so he's one of the Academy's Fifteen Sages! How old was Young Master Feng again?" Qinglan asked hurriedly.
"A little over thirty," Yingyu answered.
"This old grass has been eating a tender young bull," Qinglan muttered, then said, "You and Young Master Feng share a connection. Now that you both belong to the Eight Great Houses, don't let that connection lapse.
"Before you leave for the Pill Alliance, take a lavish gift to the Academy and congratulate Young Master Feng and Meng Yao."
"Yes!" Yingyu replied.
"Go see to it." Qinglan waved her hand.
The sixteenth day of the eighth month, noon.
The Pill Alliance.
Rao Baoyue was drinking in the courtyard when her brows suddenly furrowed.
That wayward disciple still isn't back? His wings really have grown strong!
She was just about to teach Tang Yan a lesson when she suddenly sensed something and looked outside the courtyard.
In the distance, a woman who bore a striking resemblance to Rao Baoyue came riding a sword, heading straight for Clear Sky Peak.
Arriving at the courtyard on the summit, the woman