Naturally, Zhang Xiaohua's gaze was immediately drawn to the portrait.
Just as Zhang Xiaohua had expected, the portrait likewise depicted a woman in palace dress, her face veiled in white gauze, a soft whip in her hand. Only, the background behind her had changed from little bridges and flowing water to a small pavilion. Beside the pavilion lay a small lake, round as a crescent moon. It looked somewhat like Mochou Lake, yet its emerald waves rippled gently; there was no long embankment dividing the lake in two, nor was there the sorrowful-sounding Frowning Tower!
This woman was always dressed in palace robes and veiled. Who could tell whether she was the woman I saw in the jade hall? Still, neither her clothing nor the whip in her hand had changed. She must be the Yue Mingxin, Senior Yue, whom Senior Huan Wuxin spoke of—the Founding Ancestor of the Incense-Passing Cult!
If she were not Senior Yue, there would be no need for every female disciple of the Incense-Passing Cult who came to Mochou City to pay her respects! But... why was Senior Yue's portrait not enshrined on Yi Xiang Peak for people to worship, but placed here in Mochou City instead?
Could Mochou City have been built by Senior Yue herself? And could the legendary Mo Chou Nu have been... Senior Yue? Could the tales of Mo Chou Nu... all be true?
*But... who was the legendary Ye Feng? And who was that monk called Xuan Kong? Was he a monk of Great Forest Temple? Even if he were, only the Founding Ancestor of Great Forest Temple could possibly possess such cultivation, right? But then again, even the Founding Ancestor of Great Forest Temple... could not possibly have surpassed Senior Yue by so much in cultivation, enough to forcibly