Before she had formally taken a master, she had accompanied Song Yan to Yijiang and met Sheng Nian once.
After turning it over in her mind, she concluded that, apart from herself and Xiao He, few people should know that name.
That made the other woman's account quite credible.
Xiao Ju looked at Sheng Yun with newfound respect.
Although they were around the same age, the woman was her master's sworn younger sister, leaving her momentarily unsure how to address her.
Martial Aunt? That would make her sound old and might displease her.
Big Sister? That would throw their seniority into complete disarray.
Sheng Yun had not thought about any of this at all. She was simply delighted.
Traveling down the mountain alone had actually felt rather lonely.
Ever since childhood, he had followed his two older brothers wherever they went.
After entering an immortal sect, she had not made any particularly close friends either.
The only girl she could really talk to had been transferred to Red Maple Plain because of her family elders and had yet to return to the sect.
That was precisely why she had struck up a conversation when she happened upon Xie Chan, a complete stranger, in that little mountain temple.
"Hehe, the Chu Kingdom really is small. The three of us belong to different sects, yet we still managed to come together like this."
Sheng Yun laughed cheerfully. "So traveling down the mountain is this much fun."
"Little Sister Xiao Ju, why don't we travel together?"
As the three talked, Xiao Ju discovered that Xie Chan's purpose was very similar to hers.
"Attendant Zheng is getting on in years, and from what he said, he didn't seem to want to give up his position as an attendant."
Xiao Ju said, "That's why I