Today in Chaoge City, the Plum Gathering naturally drew every eye and was the sole focus of attention, but beyond the eager gazes of ordinary people, an undercurrent was stirring.
The young cultivators taking part in the Plum Gathering already had their minds elsewhere.
Countless messages flowed among the upturned eaves and yellow tiles and through the ordinary streets and alleys.
The important figures of every sect, the high officials of the Imperial Court, and the wealthy merchants of the southern city were all searching for one person.
Heaven Near Person.
Some wanted to know how much longer they had to live, some wanted to know where their Nascent Soul had gone, some wanted to know His Majesty the Divine Emperor's predilections, and some wanted to know whether their only son was truly their own. Of course, some wanted answers to more important questions, such as whether True Person Jingyang had really failed to ascend.
Jing Jiu was not certain whether Zhao Layue wanted to see Heaven Near Person to ask that question, to learn Yin San's whereabouts, or simply to see Luo Huainan.
That cultivation prodigy of the Zhongzhou Sect, who might be meeting Heaven Near Person, was the leading favorite in the Plum Gathering's Dao Battle, and naturally her strongest opponent as well.
But whatever Zhao Layue's reason for wanting to meet Heaven Near Person, he would take her.
At present, in the Green Mountain Sect, Zhao Layue was the Peak Master of Divine End Peak, while he was an ordinary disciple. The two ought to address each other as senior sister and junior brother, but in fact, he had always assumed the role of her master.
Zhao Layue had long since grown accustomed to this and accepted it.
When a teacher had something to do, the disciple