Yes, although Yao Mountain was still some hundred-odd li from Lu Town, in the eyes of those wandering the martial world, it was no more than half a day's journey. They did not dare, like such super sects as Shuiyunjian, the Incense-Passing Cult, and the Great Forest Temple, to place their strongholds right beside Yao Mountain; nor could they, like sects such as the Falling Star Alliance and Vast Sky Dock, follow closely behind those super sects and pitch camp around them.
Yet the not-too-long distance could not block their wild ambitions of setting foot upon the Immortal Path. They occupied every market town and village around Yao Mountain, quietly awaiting the appearance of the passage to the Immortal Realm!
Zhang Xiaohua flew swiftly and arrived near Yao Mountain in no time. Since he had come from the west, the first thing his divine sense saw was the Incense-Passing Cult's camp.
As expected of a super sect's grandeur. The area of more than a li had been cleared spotlessly clean. Some disciples dressed in outer sect robes stood guard, some practiced their martial arts, while even more were supervising craftsmen temporarily summoned from the surrounding towns and villages, seemingly constructing pavilions and other such buildings.
Have they got this wrong? Zhang Xiaohua inwardly grumbled. They came to seize an immortal estate, not to... go sightseeing. Abbess Jingyi never seemed particularly extravagant within the Incense-Passing Cult, yet once outside, she started putting on such airs!
Remembering how Abbess Jingyi had actually poisoned his second brother, Zhang Xiaohua felt anger rise within him. He secretly pondered whether, once Abbess Jingyi arrived, he ought to catch her off guard and give her a taste of his methods!
Next, Zhang Xiaohua turned his divine sense toward the due north of Yao Mountain. There was