On the thirtieth day of the twelfth month, year 5503 of the Yuangguang Calendar, heavy snow swirled and the north wind blustered.
Linghua Island.
After nightfall, only Liu Yu and Wang Ping remained on the island. After dinner, they read Taoist scriptures for a while. Under the dim lamplight, Liu Yu practiced swordsmanship with Wang Ping for roughly two hours, and then they went their separate ways.
After inspecting the Taoist temple inside and out, Liu Yu was about to return to his room to rest when he suddenly spotted a glimmer of candlelight in his senior brother's room.
At the sight, Liu Yu straightened his robes and pushed the door open, sword in hand.
"Senior Brother..."
"Come in and sit!"
Liu Yu looked at the three men inside in delighted surprise. He nodded, closed the door, and walked over.
"Weren't you in seclusion with those two? Why have you suddenly come back?"
Zhao Yi and the other two smiled without answering.
Looking at them, Liu Yu suddenly understood, then burst into laughter!
"Good! Good! Good! You two have done well!"
Liu Yu held back the tears at the corners of his eyes and, laughing, punched Wang Qing and Li Hai once each.
"Ah, I'll go get Wang Ping! He shouldn't be asleep yet. I'll prepare some food and wine, and we can all celebrate!"
"We can celebrate tomorrow! Sit down first. We have something to discuss."
Zhao Yi raised a hand, signaling Liu Yu to calm down.
Zhao Yi glanced at the three of them and said evenly, "I intend to send Li Hai to Azure Cloud Island!"
"Why?"
Wang Qing immediately asked, rather puzzled.
"Our Linghua Island now has three Spirit Attraction cultivators and a spirit beast at the Spirit Attraction stage. We have two more Spirit Attraction-level