"Hehe... this is the disciple I found, Li Yan. Li Yan, hurry over and pay your respects!"
Above the lake, after Dong Fuyi saw the beautiful woman ask about Li Yan, a trace of pride immediately appeared on his face. He promptly had Li Yan step forward to greet the two of them.
After that, Dong Fuyi merely exchanged a few simple words with the pair before they all entered the black halo.
After Dong Fuyi had him pay respects to those two, Li Yan learned their identities. The middle-aged man who looked like an old farmer was none other than his Second Martial Uncle, Shi Ligu.
This was Li Yan's own martial uncle, a true cultivator of the Gui Water Immortal Sect. Li Yan had heard the name Shi Ligu long ago; Ping Tu had told him about it when they first met.
After several hundred years of trials and tribulations, Li Yan had finally truly arrived at the Gui Water Immortal Sect.
As for the other glamorous woman, she was Fairy Ning Ke of the Yi Wood Immortal Sect, Li Yan's martial aunt.
Once they entered the Gui Water Immortal Sect together, Li Yan knew his guess had been correct. That black halo was something akin to a mountain gate—the Gui Water branch of the Five Elements Sect.
After entering, they were greeted by pavilions and towers, flowing streams and rocky hills. Even more pavilions and towers sat halfway up several mountain peaks, or upon their summits.
Mist curled around the peaks like ribbons, while the buildings appeared and vanished like stars half-hidden from view. The pavilions were scattered far apart, and their numbers did not seem particularly great.
Yet amid those towering peaks, everything was dreamlike and illusory, giving one the sense of immortal mountains drifting through