"Whew..."
"This is exhausting. Is this how A-Ye reached the top back then? Even now, I can barely manage it."
Atop the Cliff, a curvaceous girl with slightly dark skin stood drenched in sweat, gazing at the distant sea of clouds with her white teeth showing in a smile.
Flame patterns occasionally surfaced on her skin. Every so often, she exhaled a faint breath of fire, and her hair was gradually turning red.
That boy... I wonder what he's doing now?
And this stretch of land dimmed the light in her eyes, filling them with murderous intent.
The Shenchuan Family!
After that incident, only she and her younger brother had survived.
Ye Weiyang wiped the sweat from her face and turned toward the white-haired old man crouching nearby, muttering with his head lowered. "Elder Gongsun, what are you studying?"
The white-haired old man was named Gongsun Yun, one of the Sanctuary's elders and the man who had first discovered Ye Weiyang.
He had brought Ye Weiyang back to the Sanctuary, confirmed her identity, and set her on the path of cultivation.
Hearing her voice, Gongsun Yun first smiled fondly, but then his eyes grew solemn. "This Cliff seems to have moved."
"Moved?" Ye Weiyang bounded over curiously. "How could such a huge cliff move? Was there an earthquake?"
Gongsun Yun stood up. A conspicuous pink ribbon adorned his grizzled beard, which nearly dragged along the ground. Ye Weiyang had tied it there.
"I don't know."
"As far as I know, there haven't been any earthquakes around here for decades."
"But ten years ago, Doctor Chen approached our Sanctuary. After providing us with some assistance, he also gave us a task: to place a Talisman beneath the Cliff."
"Beneath the Cliff?" Ye Weiyang stared wide-eyed at the enormous cliff. "How are