To ensure that his plan went smoothly, Li Yan had also placed a wisp of divine sense within Tuban and conducted a prolonged Soul Search on Zhuang Muhua. As a result, his understanding of Zhuang Muhua had grown increasingly clear.
Although Li Yan felt somewhat guilty about Soul Searching a fellow sect cultivator, compared with his plan, it was something he had to do. Besides, he had never considered himself a good man.
A month passed like a shooting arrow or a falling star. Beneath blue skies and white clouds, this place had become a land without a soul in sight, with only an endless marsh thick with aquatic grass.
Amid the uneven heights of the water grass, the blue sky and white clouds above were reflected. The partially exposed grass roots beneath the water shattered those reflections into fragments, yet lent the scene an even more tranquil, otherworldly air.
This swamp was so vast that once birds entered it, they might not be able to fly out for decades...
Above a lush reed bed, on this day, a long rainbow streaked rapidly over from the horizon. In the blink of an eye, it had reached the skies above the reeds.
After arriving, the rainbow veered toward a corner of the reed bed and flew over. Its radiance swiftly drew in, revealing a group of figures within.
There were roughly twenty people within the rainbow, standing atop a huge green jade ruyi. Two people stood at the front with their hands clasped behind their backs, while those behind them either stood or sat. Those who had been seated were now rising one after another.
The two atop the green jade ruyi glanced downward. This was already the edge of the reed bed, and seven or eight large trees grew from