"Reporting to the Cult Master, are you referring to... the matter of Misty Hall? Several days ago, this subordinate conveyed the Cult Master's Edict. Hall Master Yang Ruying and Deputy Hall Master Gao Kunheng of Misty Hall, along with the girl named Ou Yan, have all been summoned outside Mocu Palace."
"What about Ming Qing? Has he finished preparing?"
"This... this subordinate does not know. This subordinate has already notified Ming Qing. He should be here by now, I suppose!"
"Good. Let us go, Junior Sister Xuezhen. Come with me to Mocu Palace. Have Elder Jingfan and the others, the several consecrated elders, Peacock, Chen Chen, and the rest come as well! I have happy news to announce!"
"Happy news???" Abbess Xuezhen was plainly taken aback, then nodded and left.
"Yes, happy news indeed—a joyous occasion our cult has been brewing for a long time!" Abbess Jingyi seemed to be answering Abbess Xuezhen, but Abbess Xuezhen had already gone far away!
Inside Mocu Palace, everyone sat with lowered heads as they did during ordinary deliberations, quietly awaiting Abbess Jingyi's arrival.
Only Chen Chen tilted her head, looking at the several old consecrated elders across from her who rarely appeared, then at Yang Ruying, Gao Kunheng, and the others seated some distance away from them. She opened her mouth several times, hesitated each time, and finally could not hold back any longer. "Um... are you Zhang Xiaohu?"
Wasn't the person seated behind Gao Kunheng none other than Zhang Xiaohu?
Hearing an inner disciple call his name from across the room, Zhang Xiaohu looked up. She was a female disciple in palace robes with her face veiled—how could he tell who she was? Not daring to answer rashly, he turned with great puzzlement toward his Misty Hall Master. Yang Ruying had heard