"Roar!"
A lion's roar shook Emei Mountain.
A magnificent, three-headed, green-maned Snow Lion leaped out of empty space into everyone's sight, then galloped through the air. Its fur streamed and rippled like flowing water in a spring breeze before it finally came to a halt beside the Daoist.
Only then had the Daoist finished giving his orders. Seeing the lion come to fetch him of its own accord, he sprang onto its back and said, "Head west."
"Roar!"
The lion roared again, seemingly urging the people of Emei Mountain to follow. Then it took the lead, turning into a rainbow of light that shot straight west.
Close behind, a white sword rainbow and an azure sword rainbow flew side by side out of Emei Mountain, following the Daoist.
These two sword rainbows traveled exceedingly fast, with the swiftness of flying swords and the lightness of clouds and rosy clouds. Needless to say, they were Ye Yuanjing and Zhou Qingyun.
Just then, the Daoist at the head reached into empty space and grasped, drawing over the entire thousand-li cloud bridge for welcoming immortals that the Cloud-Chasing Old Man had left behind, condensed from Yangming Cloud Hall Gang. He compressed it into a brilliant mass of cloud-lit Gang Dew, tossed it behind him, and divided it into two portions, bestowing them upon Ye and Zhou.
This move surprised many and made them green with envy. Everyone knew how precious Heavenly Gang was, but more importantly, this was no paltry quantity-it was the immense blessing left behind by a Heavenly Immortal's ascension! True Lord Evolving Transformation was generous indeed!
Behind these two, another four sword lights followed abreast: flying thunder, flowing fire, drifting snow, and a gale. They were Li Yuanhua, Xu Yuantong, Lin Yuanyuan, and Wu Yuanzhi.
Apart from Zhong Yuanjue and