March 27, 5499 of the Yuangguang Calendar. The sky was clear for ten thousand miles.
A light boat drifted across the water, with Zhao Yi seated aboard. He gazed at Peach Blossom Island nearby, brimming with life, yet when he carefully sensed the island, he felt danger lurking everywhere.
He had felt nothing of the sort when he last came for the ceremony. Now that he had broken through to the Spirit Attraction Stage, returning to Peach Blossom Island felt like having thorns in his back. Peach Blossom Island certainly had deep reserves; the formations laid out on the island threatened even Spirit Attraction Stage cultivators!
"Though Linghua Island has a Spirit Attraction cultivator like me, when it comes to reserves, it probably cannot even compare with Kongqing Island!" Zhao Yi thought to himself.
Kongqing Island? Right, I should pay Kongqing Island a visit. Last time, Yuan Huaqing and Mo Wufei joined forces to ambush me, and I still haven't settled accounts with them! In that case, after returning from Peach Blossom Island, I'll make a trip to Kongqing Island!
As he pondered, the Bamboo Boat arrived before Peach Blossom Island. Zhao Yi stood and saluted from afar. "Zhao Yi of Linghua Island has come to visit Island Master Wu!"
A moment later, a voice came from within the island.
"Please come in!"
Zhao Yi lightly tapped the Bamboo Boat and flew toward the island. When he arrived before Lingxiu Manor, Wu Yuying was already waiting there with all the island's cultivators.
Putting away the Bamboo Boat, Zhao Yi floated down and stood ten feet from the cultivators.
"After just a few months apart, Fellow Daoist Zhao has already advanced to the Spirit Attraction Stage. Congratulations indeed!"
Wu Yuying remained as gracious and refined as ever.
"You are too kind,