"Ding-dong..." The Mountain of Literature and Sea of Words had just collapsed when two resonant notes of a zither suddenly arose from the void. At once, two dusky-blue flowers bloomed in separate parts of the sky. They looked so fragile that they seemed unable to withstand even a breeze, especially amid the azure cloud brocade, where they inspired particular pity. As though wind were blowing, their petals fluttered wildly. "Swish..." Then, like autumn rain scattering through the sky, the flying petals spread across the entire heavens!
"Ding-dong, ding-dong..." Like the wistful sighs of a lonely maiden, several more scattered zither notes sounded. At the end of the blue cloud brocade, a woman clad in palace attire slowly revealed herself.
"Who are you?" Xiao Hua had always been a sentimental man. Those few desolate notes left his heart faintly wounded, and he could not help stopping to ask.
The woman stood atop the cloud brocade, her entire body veiled by it. Only the vague outline of her palace robes and figure could be seen; her features remained unclear. She drifted down not far from Xiao Hua and bowed. "I am Baihou Yuqin, responsible for the Water Brocade Diagram of this Five Brocade Cloud Diagram. Fellow Immortal Xiao's divine abilities are unmatched. You passed through two formations with ease, so I had no choice but to come out and receive you."
"The Five Brocade Cloud Diagram?" Xiao Hua frowned slightly, then nodded. "I am quite pleased that Fellow Immortal would tell me the name of this grand formation. But why do you still conceal your appearance? Is that not falling into the petty path once more?"
"Hehe, Fellow Immortal Xiao bears the manner of a gentleman, and I deeply respect you," Baihou Yuqin said with a laugh. "I had never wished to