On the third day after the Six Peaks Competition ended, the morning sun rose before the Danyang Sect's council hall, scattering countless points of golden light.
Twenty elite disciples of the Danyang Sect stood in formation, each brimming with vigor and high spirits.
They were the outstanding few who had distinguished themselves among hundreds of competitors.
They could truly be called the finest among the favored sons of heaven.
Although they did not represent the Danyang Sect's greatest fighting strength, they were undoubtedly the most promising group of the younger generation.
They represented the Danyang Sect's future.
Lin Shisan stood out in the formation, drawing quite a few looks.
It was not that he himself was particularly eye-catching. He wore a blue robe, his expression calm and unruffled, his gaze steady and reserved.
It was because his nominal Dao Companion, Gu Mengli, stood beside him, like a celestial maiden from the Nine Heavens stepping out of a painting, beautiful beyond compare.
She wore a moon-white dress, her waterfall of black hair stirring in the wind, dignified and elegant.
No matter how one looked at them, the two were a mismatch-a fantasy version of Beauty and the Beast through and through.
But Lin Shisan soon noticed that something was not quite right with Gu Mengli's expression today.
It was not the manner of that Demon Sect maniac Gai Jiuyou, but that of the genuine Gu Mengli, the Gu Household's favored daughter of heaven.
Although that look vanished in an instant, Lin Shisan caught it precisely.
"Junior Sister Gu, are you all right?"
Lin Shisan asked quietly.
"I'm fine."
Gu Mengli shook her head indifferently.
Then she turned her gaze away of her own accord. "Perhaps I'm a little nervous because this is my first time attending the opening of a secret