Recaps

Chen Shuangbai learned about pill refining from Yi Chongyue and talisman crafting from Jiang Tinglan, while discovering how the Jade Spring Sect taught its cultivation arts and punished leaks of its secrets. After reviewing both crafts, he resolved to focus on one rather than spread himself too thin.

• Yi Chongyue taught Chen Shuangbai and the other disciples about spirit medicines and explained the sect's rules for learning pill refining techniques and Pill Formulas.
• Yi Chongyue warned that the Jade Spring Sect killed those who leaked its secret techniques, recounting how the Han Household had been silenced.
• Chen Shuangbai attended Jiang Tinglan's strict lesson on talisman crafting and impressed her with his comprehension.
• Jiang Tinglan explained the basics of talismans and the Jade Spring Sect's rules for learning its unique talisman method.
• Chen Shuangbai reviewed what he had learned about pill refining and talisman crafting, then decided to concentrate on one cultivation craft.

Chen Shuangbai chose to focus on cultivation and pill refining rather than pursue talisman making at the same time. After advancing to the late stage of the Third Layer of Qi Refinement, he began formal pill-refining training and ended the chapter still waiting for Feiguang’s egg to hatch.

• Fu Qianlan and He Qi warned Chen Shuangbai that pursuing pill refining and talisman making together would leave too little time for cultivation, so he thanked them and chose pill refining first.
• Chen Shuangbai asked Fu Qianlan about the Jade Dew Hall and learned that its pill-refining reputation came from the Three Supreme Arts recorded in the Pill Heart Medicine Canon.
• Over the next half year, Chen Shuangbai focused on cultivation, pill-refining study, and Law Techniques, advancing to the late stage of the Third Layer of Qi Refinement.
• At True Water Cave, Chen Shuangbai signed Yi Chongyue’s contract, received the Jade Spring Water Method Pill Refining Technique, and studied its fundamentals with four other selected students.
• Chen Shuangbai collected ten sect-provided portions of spirit medicine and replenished the formation keeping Feiguang’s egg warm, though he worried about the cost of waiting for it to hatch.

Chen Shuangbai rented a pill chamber on Morning Sun Peak and practiced refining Water Cloud Pills until he succeeded on his eighth batch. He went to Fate-Seeking Valley to report his success to Yi Chongyue, where he learned that Fan Yunsong had succeeded before him.

• Chen Shuangbai rented a third-grade pill chamber on Morning Sun Peak and began practicing the Jade Spring Water Method Pill Refining Technique.
• Chen Shuangbai failed his first attempts at refining Water Cloud Pills, then continued practicing over several days.
• On the fourth day, Chen Shuangbai successfully refined eight Water Cloud Pills and ended his chamber rental.
• Chen Shuangbai traveled to Fate-Seeking Valley to find Yi Chongyue, as instructed.
• Yi Chongyue told Chen Shuangbai that he and Fan Yunsong were the first to succeed, and Fan Yunsong greeted his junior brother.

After Chen Shuangbai and Fan Yunsong completed their first successful pill refinements, Yi Chongyue assessed their pills and revealed that the sect had deliberately hidden pill arts instruction in a common handbook to find promising refiners. The two disciples left with new guidance, a way to contact Yi Chongyue, and a clearer resolve to prioritize cultivation.

• Yi Chongyue examined Fan Yunsong’s ten Water Cloud Pills and Chen Shuangbai’s eight, praising their first attempts while pointing out their quality and technique weaknesses.
• Yi Chongyue gave both disciples a Jade Slip on fire control and showed them the sect’s hidden annotations on Fair Hands Divide the Stars.
• Yi Chongyue explained that the Jade Spring Sect had placed the pill arts material in the Book of Tending Medicines to identify gifted refiners among the outer disciples.
• Yi Chongyue exchanged contact information with Chen Shuangbai and Fan Yunsong through their disciple jade tokens and reminded them that pill refining should support cultivation.
• Chen Shuangbai and Fan Yunsong agreed to focus on cultivation before refining more pills, then parted as friends.
• Chen Shuangbai visited the Expenditure Hall and bought three pieces of cold jade to replace the jade surrounding the bird egg.

Chen Shuangbai reached the Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement and improved his pill refining while raising his bonded eagle, Feiguang. With Merit Points saved from refining pills, he set out to buy two Law Artifacts and ran into Senior Brother Lu on the way.

• Chen Shuangbai officially entered the Qi Refinement Fourth Layer and earned Merit Points by refining Jade Spring Five Pills with Fan Yunsong.
• Chen Shuangbai fed Feiguang five Beast-Nurturing Pills, admired the eagle's developing bloodline, and warned him to stay out of the inner reaches of the Rime Forest.
• Chen Shuangbai decided to spend his saved Merit Points on two Law Artifacts and headed toward the Cloud Peak Small Market and Expenditure Hall.
• Chen Shuangbai encountered Lu Zhiyuan of the Expenditure Hall on the way.

Chen Shuangbai visited the Expenditure Hall with Lu Zhiyuan to buy flying and protective Law Artifacts. He browsed the available flying artifacts and considered speed and discretion as he began choosing one.

• Lu Zhiyuan greeted Chen Shuangbai and offered to help him buy Law Artifacts at the Expenditure Hall.
• Lu Zhiyuan took Chen Shuangbai to Qia Cloud Peak aboard his Golden Light Boat.
• Lu Zhiyuan introduced Chen Shuangbai to steward Qian Jin, who explained that outsiders could not enter the artifact vault.
• Qian Jin gave Chen Shuangbai a jade board displaying the available Law Artifacts.
• Chen Shuangbai browsed flying artifacts and looked for one that was fast and inconspicuous.

Chen Shuangbai bought the unstable but fast Flowing Cloud Flying Pouch after Qian Jin and Lu Zhiyuan explained its history and flaws. He then searched for a protective Law Artifact and asked whether one could both defend him in battle and aid his cultivation, leaving the two men surprised by his requirements.

• Chen Shuangbai chose the Flowing Cloud Flying Pouch, and Lu Zhiyuan and Qian Jin explained that it had failed as a Law Treasure and was prone to throwing its rider off.
• Qian Jin summoned the pouch, and Chen Shuangbai examined its runic arrays with his Spirit-Appraising Pupil before agreeing to buy it.
• Chen Shuangbai exchanged Merit Points for the pouch, and he and Qian Jin exchanged contact information.
• Chen Shuangbai continued searching for a protective Law Artifact but found nothing suitable among the available items.
• Chen Shuangbai asked Lu Zhiyuan and Qian Jin about an artifact that could protect him in battle and help him cultivate, surprising them.

Chen Shuangbai asked Qian Jin to arrange a custom Law Artifact through a forge master in the Artifact Forging Hall, and learned it might take several days. Lu Zhiyuan then described the escalating conflict between the Empty Sword Sect and the Heart-Eroding Stronghold over a wind copper mine, leaving Chen Shuangbai asking whether an Empty Sword Sect elder had come to seek their sect’s aid.

• Chen Shuangbai asked Qian Jin to contact a forge master who could make custom Law Artifacts, and Qian Jin said Senior Brother Du might be available in three to five days.
• Qian Jin and Lu Zhiyuan discussed their Lineages and cultivation prospects while Chen Shuangbai listened.
• Lu Zhiyuan explained that the Empty Sword Sect and Heart-Eroding Stronghold had begun fighting over a wind copper mine on their border.
• Lu Zhiyuan said the mine might contain Geng Metal Sha Qi, prompting both sects to reinforce the area as clashes damaged the terrain and displaced mortals.
• Chen Shuangbai asked whether an Empty Sword Sect elder who visited their sect over a year earlier had come to request aid, and Lu Zhiyuan began to answer quietly.

Chen Shuangbai learned about the rivalries among Jing Kingdom’s five great sects, including the Jade Spring Sect’s history with the Spirit-Seeking Sect and the Empty Sword Sect’s dispute with the Heart-Eroding Stronghold. After buying materials to refine more pills amid the growing conflict, he returned to his cave abode to cultivate, where a strange light-figure appeared behind him.

• Chen Shuangbai heard that the Empty Sword Sect might need the Jade Spring Sect’s help to claim the wind copper mine from the Heart-Eroding Stronghold, potentially putting local common folk at risk.
• Lu Zhiyuan explained the Jade Spring Sect’s ties with the other great sects and told how Ling Qingque defeated True Person Kunyuan, helping the Jade Spring Sect rise to prominence.
• Chen Shuangbai thanked Lu Zhiyuan and Qian Jin, then left after Qian Jin assured him that Junior Brother Du would contact him when he emerged from seclusion.
• Chen Shuangbai bought a large quantity of spiritual materials at Cloud Peak Small Market so he could refine more basic pills as demand rose amid the sect conflict.
• Chen Shuangbai cultivated with the Moon-Worshipping Clear Illumination Method in his cave abode, while a silent figure with a dragon’s head and human body appeared behind him holding a blue jade tablet.

Chen Shuangbai sought additional Law Techniques to prepare for future conflicts and his coming sect assignment. After reviewing options with Book Spirit Zhang Yin, he chose two techniques to study.

• Chen Shuangbai decided to learn more Law Techniques because he expected trouble and would receive a garrison assignment in a year and a half.
• Chen Shuangbai visited the Scripture Transmission Hall and asked Book Spirit Zhang Yin to recommend techniques suited to his water- and wood-aspect Spirit Roots.
• Zhang Yin presented dozens of Jade Slips and explained the strengths and weaknesses of the Water and Wood Pure Splendor Incantation, the Thousand-Silk Spirit-Entangling Hand, and the Azure Billows Layered Waves Instruction.
• Chen Shuangbai considered the three techniques and selected two Jade Slips.

Chen Shuangbai chose two cultivation arts and obtained the Spring Rain and Flowering Wood Sword Instruction to complement his water-and-wood aptitude and Cold Spring Sword. After months of preparation, he mastered his flying artifact and began studying the sword instruction beside his cave abode.

• Chen Shuangbai chose the Water and Wood Pure Splendor Incantation and the Azure Billows Layered Waves Instruction, and Zhang Yin praised their fit with his abilities.
• Zhang Yin recommended that Chen Shuangbai learn a sword instruction for his Cold Spring Sword and told him that the Spring Rain and Flowering Wood Sword Instruction's original was held by the Lush Foliage Pavilion.
• Chen Shuangbai exchanged for a copy of the sword instruction and returned to Lesser Yang Peak, where he refined his flying pouch, made pills, practiced, and cultivated for three months.
• Chen Shuangbai became accustomed to controlling the high-grade Flowing Cloud Flying Pouch and demonstrated the Cold Spring Sword's chilling power.
• Chen Shuangbai read the sword instruction's account of its creation by Qinglin and began practicing its six forms beside the spring and spirit pines.

Chen Shuangbai discovered that his Spring Rain and Flowering Wood Sword Instruction needed a wood-aspect sword to balance Cold Spring’s Water Qi. He then reviewed Du Zifeng’s costly plan for a growing protective Law Treasure banner, agreeing to pay in installments while seeking its most important material himself.

• After seven days of studying the sword instruction, Chen Shuangbai practiced its forms and found that his Spirit Power snagged because Cold Spring lacked the wood aspect.
• Chen Shuangbai learned that he needed a wood-aspect sword, but Du Zifeng arrived before he could visit the Expenditure Hall.
• Three days later, Du Zifeng presented a design for a water- and wood-aspect banner that could gather Spirit Power during cultivation and protect Chen Shuangbai in battle.
• Du Zifeng explained that the banner was meant to grow stronger with its owner, and Chen Shuangbai accepted the high cost after Du offered installment payments.
• Du Zifeng told Chen Shuangbai to find the Jia Wood Spirit Heart himself because it was the most important of the banner’s three main materials.

After spending nearly all his Merit Points on materials for Du Zifeng, Chen Shuangbai continued refining pills and later joined Lu Zhiyuan and Jiang Xunzhen to investigate a rumored Foundation Establishment cultivator’s cave abode. The three left Jade Spring Sect and traveled toward the site, with Chen Shuangbai seeking experience before taking a garrison assignment.

• Chen Shuangbai paid Du Zifeng for the rare spiritual materials, leaving himself nearly penniless, and resolved to improve his pill-refining skills.
• Two months later, Chen Shuangbai met Lu Zhiyuan and Jiang Xunzhen at the Cloud Peak Small Market and discussed exploring an ancient cave abode.
• Lu Zhiyuan explained that he had found a likely Foundation Establishment cultivator’s abode and invited Chen Shuangbai and Jiang Xunzhen to share its treasures.
• The next day, the three passed through Jade Spring Sect’s mountain gate and traveled beyond the sect on Lu Zhiyuan’s spirit boat.
• Chen Shuangbai gave Lu Zhiyuan and Jiang Xunzhen cultivation pills, and they flew toward the cave abode under the protection of the sect’s reputation.

Lu Zhiyuan led Jiang Xunzhen and Chen Shuangbai to a cave abode hidden in a ravine, but Chen Shuangbai suspected the convenient discovery might be a trap. After they searched the first chamber and found little of value, Jiang Xunzhen broke through a formation guarding the passage deeper inside.

• Lu Zhiyuan explained how he received a token to the cave abode after saving a female cultivator from a Bandit Cultivator.
• Chen Shuangbai warned that the cave’s discovery seemed suspicious, and Lu Zhiyuan and Jiang Xunzhen agreed to proceed cautiously.
• Chen Shuangbai summoned Feiguang and used a Bright Light Pearl to illuminate the ravine as the three followed Lu Zhiyuan’s token to a concealed cave entrance.
• Chen Shuangbai replaced the failed formation flags at the entrance and set up a Lesser Illusory Light Formation before they entered.
• The three explored the cave abode and found its medicinal plants had mostly lost their value, then identified a Jade Water Circling Array blocking the passage onward.
• Jiang Xunzhen struck the Jade Water Circling Array with a crimson flaming palm and destroyed it.

Chen Shuangbai, Jiang Xunzhen, and Lu Zhiyuan explored the heart of a cave abode, overcoming its defenses and finding treasures and a final letter. The letter identified the deceased cultivator as Xu Changlin and revealed the legacy and request he left behind.

• Jiang Xunzhen protected himself from a trap of flying needles, while Chen Shuangbai used water to stop the needles from reaching him.
• Jiang Xunzhen sent a fire crow through the passage to burn away the remaining traps, and the three reached the cave abode’s building.
• Lu Zhiyuan identified the building’s Water-Wood Life-Generating Array, and the three broke it with their combined Law Power.
• The three found three Law Treasures, including two Spirit Artifacts, and agreed to divide them after returning to the sect.
• Chen Shuangbai and the others found Xu Changlin’s letter, which described hidden writings and pill-refining notes and asked them to look after his descendants if they encountered them.

Chen Shuangbai, Jiang Xunzhen, and Lu Zhiyuan explored the hidden valley beneath Senior Xu’s cave abode and found a mysterious seed. Five Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators ambushed them, and the group was left fighting to withstand the attackers’ poisonous arts.

• The three collected books and valuables from the little building, then searched it for the Spirit Plant core of the Water-Wood Life-Generating Array.
• Chen Shuangbai found a pitch-black seed on an earthen platform in a hidden valley and took it, believing he might be able to grow it.
• Chen Shuangbai sensed an attack and warned Jiang Xunzhen, who pierced a huge black palm and blasted its attacker across the valley.
• A one-armed old man and four companions surrounded the three and demanded everything they had found in the cave abode.
• Jiang Xunzhen recognized the attackers as members of the Heart-Eroding Stronghold and charged the old man as Lu Zhiyuan shielded Chen Shuangbai from poisonous vines.

Chen Shuangbai supported Jiang Xunzhen and Lu Zhiyuan with healing and enhancement incantations, then revealed his swordsmanship when two Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators attacked him. He wounded the twin-saber cultivator, and the flying-wheel cultivator launched a poisonous attack that struck an enormous curtain of water before him.

• Chen Shuangbai restored some of Lu Zhiyuan’s Law Power with a Flower Bloom Incantation and told him to face the enemy.
• Lu Zhiyuan charged into battle while Chen Shuangbai used Flower Bloom and Sweet Dew Incantations to strengthen Jiang Xunzhen and heal both senior brothers.
• The twin-saber and flying-wheel cultivators attacked Chen Shuangbai through poisonous mist, but he diverted their strikes with Misty Willows Brush the Waves.
• Chen Shuangbai followed with Green Shoots Break Through Snow, sending the twin-saber cultivator crashing into bluestones.
• The flying-wheel cultivator unleashed her Heart-Eroding Demonic Wheel, and it struck an enormous curtain of water before Chen Shuangbai.

Chen Shuangbai held off Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators while supporting Jiang Xunzhen and Lu Zhiyuan, then used Feiguang’s surprise attack to kill two enemies. The staff-wielding old man struck Chen Shuangbai and unleashed a furious assault as Jiang Xunzhen prepared a powerful counterattack.

• Chen Shuangbai used Cold Spring Guidance and healing incantations to withstand attacks from two stronger Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators.
• The staff-wielding old man unleashed poisonous vines against Jiang Xunzhen while poisonous fog intensified the pressure on Lu Zhiyuan.
• Feiguang swooped down and beheaded the woman fighting beside the twin-saber Devil Cultivator.
• Chen Shuangbai exploited the twin-saber Devil Cultivator’s distraction, stabbed him through the chest, and used Cold Spring’s frigid power to wound him fatally.
• The staff-wielding old man struck Chen Shuangbai with a giant vine, sending him flying, while Jiang Xunzhen summoned Scarlet Flame Breaks Evil.

Jiang Xunzhen, Lu Zhiyuan, and Chen Shuangbai fought the Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators and survived the elder’s final poisonous attack. After escaping the valley, the exhausted group praised Chen Shuangbai for his support in their victory.

• Jiang Xunzhen formed a powerful fire shuttle and pursued the staff-wielding elder as Lu Zhiyuan engaged the two Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators.
• Lu Zhiyuan pinned both cultivators with his golden mace, and Chen Shuangbai used the Sweet Dew Incantation to restore Jiang Xunzhen’s Law Power.
• Jiang Xunzhen’s fire shuttle broke through the elder’s defenses and killed him, but the elder unleashed Ten Thousand Poisons Explosion as he died.
• Chen Shuangbai pulled Jiang Xunzhen and Lu Zhiyuan to safety, and they used a talisman and Listening to the Rain in a Lotus Boat to withstand the poison vines until they dissipated.
• Chen Shuangbai carried the group out of the poisonous valley, and Jiang Xunzhen and Lu Zhiyuan credited him with helping secure their victory.

After Jiang Xunzhen, Lu Zhiyuan, and Chen Shuangbai defeated the Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators, a masked Evil Hunting Hall disciple named Yan Qi arrived and exchanged transmission contacts with Chen Shuangbai after recognizing his cultivation technique. The group returned to Jade Spring Sect, where Chen Shuangbai celebrated Feiguang’s first battle before beginning to heal.

• Jiang Xunzhen, Lu Zhiyuan, and Chen Shuangbai collected the defeated cultivators’ belongings and concealed the valley entrance.
• Yan Qi arrived with the corpses of the two fleeing Heart-Eroding Stronghold cultivators and urged the three to return to the mountain.
• Yan Qi recognized Chen Shuangbai’s Water and Wood Pure Splendor Incantation and exchanged transmission contacts with him.
• Jiang Xunzhen suggested Yan Qi wanted to befriend Chen Shuangbai because of his abilities, and the three returned to Jade Spring Sect.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to Lesser Yang Peak, released Feiguang, fed him spirit-nourishing pills, and began recovering from his injuries.

Jiang Xunzhen, Lu Zhiyuan, and Chen Shuangbai divided the cave abode’s spoils, agreeing to share the merit from books and cultivation notes while distributing the three Law Treasures. Back at his cave abode, Chen Shuangbai checked in with He Qi and Fu Qianlan, reflected on his cultivation, and laid out his new possessions to examine.

• Lu Zhiyuan sealed the gathering with two talismans before Jiang Xunzhen presented the spoils, and Chen Shuangbai kept the nearly lifeless spirit seed.
• Jiang Xunzhen arranged for copies of the old books and curios to be submitted to the Scripture Transmission Hall for merit shared equally among the three.
• Chen Shuangbai chose the Life-Accepting Gourd, Lu Zhiyuan took the Whirling Waves Shield, and Jiang Xunzhen received the Listening to the Waves Sword.
• Jiang Xunzhen made copies of the Listening to the Waves Notes and Green Wood Pill Explanation and proposed sharing the merit from handing over the originals.
• After the three shared a meal, Chen Shuangbai returned to his cave abode and messaged He Qi and Fu Qianlan; He Qi replied, but Fu Qianlan did not.
• Chen Shuangbai considered his progress at the Qi Refinement Fourth Layer and laid out his new Law Treasure and copied texts for inspection.

Chen Shuangbai discovered that the Life-Accepting Gourd contained spiritual water that the Jade Platform Lotus Marsh transformed into Moon Soul True Water, and he examined the cultivation notes and pill formulas left by Senior Listening to the Waves Rogue Person. After identifying his weakened spirit seed as a Frostleaf Red Maple, Chen Shuangbai headed to find Lord Zhang Yin.

• Chen Shuangbai learned that the Life-Accepting Gourd could absorb water- and wood-attribute vital Qi and preserve medicinal properties, then found jade-glowing spiritual liquid inside it.
• The Jade Platform Lotus Marsh absorbed the gourd’s spiritual liquid, transported Chen Shuangbai inside, and produced three drops of Moon Soul True Water.
• Chen Shuangbai learned that Moon Soul True Water could cleanse, purify, awaken, and nourish, but put it away before using it on the spirit seed because he wanted its attribute identified first.
• Chen Shuangbai studied the Listening to the Waves Notes and Green Wood Pill Explanation, finding cultivation insights and two incomplete Pill Formulas.
• Chen Shuangbai visited the Expenditure Hall, where a senior brother identified the seed as a Frostleaf Red Maple, then Chen Shuangbai went to find Lord Zhang Yin.

Chen Shuangbai used Moon Soul True Water to revive a Jia Wood Spirit Seed and began planning how to make more True Water economically. After a brief enlightenment strengthened his cultivation foundation, he went to meet Du Zifeng at the Three Yang Peaks.

• Chen Shuangbai learned from Zhang Yin that the Frostleaf Red Maple's seed was a Jia Wood Spirit Seed, then revived it with Moon Soul True Water.
• Chen Shuangbai learned from the Dao Fruit that Moon Soul True Water could help him cultivate, and decided to blend Clear Spring Spiritual Water with liquid from the Life-Accepting Gourd to produce more.
• Chen Shuangbai placed the Life-Accepting Gourd in the pool outside his cave abode, where it began absorbing water and wood primordial Qi.
• Chen Shuangbai entered a brief state of enlightenment that strengthened his foundation, though he remained at the Qi Refinement Fourth Layer Early Stage.
• Chen Shuangbai messaged Du Zifeng about the Jia Wood Spirit Seed, received instructions to meet at Earth Character Artifact Chamber Twenty-Six, and flew to the Three Yang Peaks.

Chen Shuangbai delivered a Jia Wood spirit seed to Du Zifeng, who promised to finish his treasure banner after resolving several design questions. The Book Spirit explained why Yan Qi valued Chen’s Water and Wood Pure Splendor Incantation, and after returning to cultivate, Chen reunited with Fu Qianlan and He Qi at Cloud Peak Small Market.

• Chen Shuangbai gave Du Zifeng a Frostleaf Red Maple spirit seed, and Du confirmed it was a superior Jia Wood seed.
• Du Zifeng said he needed another year or two to refine Chen Shuangbai’s treasure banner and promised to deliver it personally when it was finished.
• The Book Spirit explained that the Evil Hunting Hall often fought Heart-Eroding Stronghold and valued Chen Shuangbai’s enhancement Incantation for its potential to support and heal its members.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to his cave abode and spent about half a month cultivating, refining pills, and practicing with his Law Treasures and sword instruction.
• Fu Qianlan summoned Chen Shuangbai to Cloud Peak Small Market, where he reunited with her and He Qi after about a year apart.

Chen Shuangbai met with Fu Qianlan and He Qi to discuss their cultivation, the Lush Foliage Pavilion, and their approaching journeys home before their three-year guard assignments. After hearing Daoist Lingxiu lecture, Chen Shuangbai answered Yan Qi’s summons and began using the Duckweed Water Incantation to treat a poisoned Evil Hunting Hall disciple.

• Fu Qianlan, He Qi, and Chen Shuangbai shared news of their cultivation and discussed Chen Shuangbai’s dangerous cave-abode trip.
• Chen Shuangbai asked about the Lush Foliage Pavilion, and Fu Qianlan offered to contact its pavilion master so he could see the original Spring Rain and Flowering Wood Sword Instruction.
• The three discussed the approaching five-year mark and their plans to visit home before taking three-year guard assignments; Chen Shuangbai said he would deal with traitors in his clan.
• Chen Shuangbai attended Daoist Lingxiu’s monthly lecture on the Dao, then received Yan Qi’s message asking him to come to the Expenditure Hall.
• Yan Qi asked Chen Shuangbai to use the Duckweed Water Incantation on a poisoned Evil Hunting Hall disciple, and Chen Shuangbai began the purification ritual.