The airship climbed steadily, soon reaching one of the five Sky Islands at the very top-the one belonging to the Azurefall Profound Gate.
Several antique-style garden residences stood here, with landscaped hills and water features within. At a glance, hardly anyone was in sight. It was exceedingly quiet.
Though the grounds were extensive, the Azurefall Profound Gate generally stationed only a few disciples here to maintain contact with the Supernatural Affairs Bureau headquarters at all times. More people stayed here only during events like the Ascendant Dragon Assembly.
After the airship landed, Shen Yaoguang put it away. Two people were already waiting ahead of the landing site.
Perfected One Nagiko glanced over and immediately frowned. "Why are you the only one here?"
One of the people standing there was a middle-aged Daoist, tall and as straight as a wooden post. His face looked forty or fifty, with bronze skin, a thin dark beard beneath his chin, and deep-set features.
He wore a smile, his hands clasped behind his back, with the unfathomable air of an expert.
Beside him stood a pretty young girl in a flowing skirt, dressed in traditional Han clothing, with a floral parasol strapped to her back. Her large, dewy eyes sparkled, and her smile was sweet.
"Junior Sister Feiguang and Junior Brother Delong were both held up by some matters at the sect, so I brought a few young disciples here ahead of them." The middle-aged Daoist's gaze swept over the young people from River City. "Are these this year's City Heroes from River City? They really are... mostly young and good-looking."
He had probably intended to praise their cultivation talent, but after examining them, he found one at the early Appearance Realm and three at the late Astral Realm. There really was little he could