Incense-Passing Cult's Second Rule

By the time Zhang Xiaohua arrived at Misty Hall, quite a few people were already waiting inside.

Zhang Xiaohua swept his gaze over them. Yang Ruying, Gao Kunheng, and Aunt Qin sat in chairs on either side, with several disciples standing behind them. Changge and Chen Chen, whom Zhang Xiaohua knew, stood behind Aunt Qin.

Looking farther up, he saw a veiled female disciple seated where Yang Ruying usually sat. He could not tell whether she was one of the people he had seen before, but judging from her figure alone, Zhang Xiaohua knew at a glance that she was definitely not Chen Chen from Yi Xiang Peak.

Before Zhang Xiaohua could look behind that envoy, he felt a gaze fixed upon him from that direction.

Zhang Xiaohua's heart stirred. He raised his eyes and met that gaze directly. Yet the moment it met his eyes, it seemed to shrink back in shyness. Once Zhang Xiaohua saw clearly, a great stone fell from his heart, and he immediately understood why the envoy from Yi Xiang Peak had summoned him.

Behind the envoy stood a woman in white, her fair, snow-white face already flushed red. Was she not Zhang Ping'er, the inner sect pill-refining disciple whom Zhang Xiaohua had rescued three times in You Lan Grand Canyon?

Needless to say, Zhang Ping'er had come looking for him. He simply did not know why she had managed to invite an inner sect disciple of Yi Xiang Peak to serve as envoy.

Zhang Xiaohua had always remembered others' kindness toward him with utmost clarity, yet he habitually forgot the help he gave others as easily as turning his hand over. His three rescues of Zhang Ping'er were no exception. When he had just left You Lan Grand Canyon and encountered Senior Brother Lu,