When Yan Qinglian saw Xue Xue's expression change, she hurriedly tugged at Xiangyang's sleeve and said with a smile, "This was all Junior Brother Xiao's arrangement. What does it have to do with Xue Xue? Junior Brother Xiao wasn't born at Misty Mountain, so it doesn't conflict with our Thunder Control Sect's prohibition!"
Xiangyang scratched his head and said awkwardly, "That's true! Xue Xue hasn't contacted Misty Mountain either, and the sect's prohibition never said disciples were forbidden from passing through the places they came from!"
"Then that settles it!" Xiao Hua clapped his hands. "This one also wants to see Senior Ling. I wonder whether his cultivation has improved!"
Seeing Xiao Hua clap his hands in approval, the trace of unease Xue Xue had felt earlier vanished into thin air. After all, Ling Zhengyi had previously fooled Xiao Hua under the pretense of treating him generously. If Xiao Hua had been a petty, narrow-minded man, she truly would not have dared mention Misty Mountain beforehand.
Leaving aside Xue Xue leading Xiao Hua and the others through the Teleportation Array toward Misty Mountain, at a place rich in spiritual energy on Golden Goose Ridge of the Xunyan Sect, spiritual herbs of every variety flourished. Several spirit sparrows flitted back and forth among the vegetation, lending the place an air of leisure. It stood in stark contrast to the bustling Goose Spirit Palace nearby.
Suddenly, amid the shifting clouds and mist, a strikingly beautiful female cultivator appeared. She was none other than Fairy Yingzhuo, a late Nascent Soul stage cultivator. After flying here, Fairy Yingzhuo actually lowered her cloud, her face filled with hesitation.
"Fairy Yingzhuo, since you have arrived, why not come in and meet me?" A strange voice emerged from the cave abode behind the spiritual herbs, beside the