Evening.
At the courtyard residence of the Great Purity Immortal Sect.
Five people sat quietly in a side courtyard, none of them speaking.
They either lowered their eyes to the mirror-smooth floor or closed them in thought. Wang Chan alone stood quietly by the window, gazing at the sunset sky above the surging sea of clouds outside.
It was precisely this calm that weighed inexplicably on Zhuang Fu and the other three.
"Long time no see."
At the voice that suddenly came from outside, Wang Chan's eyes stirred, and he looked toward the visiting Three Firmament Immortal Maidens.
"It has indeed been a long time."
Wang Chan turned and invited the Three Firmament Immortal Maidens into the side courtyard.
"What brings you here?"
He waved his teammates away and looked at their leader, Moon Firmament Immortal Maiden Zhao Yue.
This was their first formal conversation since the Immortal Sect Exchange Meet began. Before this, they had merely nodded in greeting.
"Nothing else. I just wanted to ask what you think of Chen Beiwu, the leader of the Jade Void Ranking," Zhao Yue said with interest.
"Zhao Yue, I never thought you would come in person to gather information about a junior!"
Wang Chan chuckled, a touch of wistfulness in his voice.
"He defeated even you. I certainly wouldn't treat him as an ordinary junior." Zhao Yue shook her head slightly.
Even a lion used its full strength to hunt a rabbit.
Besides, the opponent she would face next was no feeble rabbit, but a formidable adversary whose depths were hard to fathom.
Wang Chan fell silent at her words.
He raised his head toward the evening clouds, and memories surfaced in his mind.
The Jade Purity Immortal Sect's lineup this time bore some resemblance to those of the Taiqing and