"Ding dong..." The Mountain of Literature and Sea of Words had barely collapsed when two resonant notes of a zither arose from the void. At once, two deep-blue flowers bloomed in two places across the heavens. The flowers looked so delicate that the wind might snap them; amid the azure cloud brocade, they appeared especially pitiable. As though a gust had risen, their petals whirled wildly. "Swish..." Then, like autumn rain scattering through the sky, the flying petals carpeted the entire firmament!
"Ding dong, ding dong..." Like the desolate sigh of a lonely maiden, several more scattered notes rang out. At the end of the blue cloud brocade, a woman dressed in palace robes slowly revealed herself.
"Who are you?" Xiao Hua was a sentimental man by nature. The sparse notes of the zither had stirred sorrow in his heart, and he unconsciously halted to ask.
The woman stood atop the cloud brocade, her entire body shrouded 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, bowed, and said, "I am Baihou Yuqin, responsible for the Water Brocade Diagram within 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."
"Five Brocade Cloud Diagram?" Xiao Hua frowned, then nodded slightly. "I am pleased that Fellow Immortal Baihou was willing to tell this Xiao the name of this grand formation. But why will you not reveal your face? Would that not be falling into petty ways?"
"Hehe, Fellow Immortal Xiao bears the air of a gentleman, and I deeply admire you," Baihou Yuqin said with a laugh. "I had not wished to