Li Yingling pushed open her door and looked up at the sky.
It was a fine day. A thin veil of clouds covered the sun, and a breeze blew now and then.
Though Li Yingling, a Golden Core True Person, had long been impervious to heat and cold, she still liked the weather she had enjoyed before.
Days like this, without rain, with neither glaring sun nor overcast skies, and with a light breeze, were Li Yingling's idea of perfect weather.
They were simply rather hard to come by.
Li Yingling set off toward the Deep Pool first. Things had been a little strange lately. Chen Baiqing, whom she had always been able to find there before, rarely appeared there anymore.
Even when they met, it was elsewhere, and she always looked busy.
When they ran into each other on the paths, Chen Baiqing would merely smile at her, exchange a few greetings, and hurry away.
Li Yingling had asked what Chen Baiqing was busy with and whether she needed help.
Chen Baiqing had simply shaken her head, indicating that it was a small matter and would be sorted out soon.
At that, Li Yingling could only nod gently and tell her to call if she needed anything.
Chen Baiqing had nodded her little head as she left, seeming somewhat... distant toward her?
But Li Yingling soon put that thought out of her mind. Her relationship with Chen Baiqing was beyond question.
Xiaobaiqing had always been very respectful toward her.
Li Yingling reached a corridor some distance from the Deep Pool. From here, she could see the stone chair beside it.
Today, the stone chair beside the Deep Pool was empty again.
Was Xiaobaiqing busy today too?
Li Yingling watched for a while, then continued toward the Main Hall.
Her