Southeast.
A full twenty thousand kilometers away, the female disciple dressed in the robes of the Seventy-Seven Ring Mountains had her pupils tremble. A savage, primordial aura rushed straight at her, locking onto every part of her being in an instant.
Roar! Roar!
Across the empty lands in all directions, pairs of sinister eyes shot toward her. That was right—they were the native residents of the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range, White Spirit's ferocious beast underlings, sworn to the death to protect the Five Elements Sect's Spiritual Herb Garden!
"Junior... junior... Nine Palaces Mountain, Peak Master... Yu Huaqian."
Fear showed on the woman's face. Her delicate fists were clenched so tightly they were nearly sweating as she said quietly, "I came to request a spiritual herb, the Nine Palaces Lotus. I have Dao Heaven Elder's letter of introduction and Ox Ancestor's Restriction Breaking Token."
"Hmph. Wait there. This Garden Protecting Ferocious Beast must inspect the Sect Records!"
White Spirit spat, pulling out an enormous booklet—the Five Elements Sect Records—and began inspecting it carefully. "Hmm... Nine Palaces main peak, correct. Yu Huaqian?"
"Boss, could she be an impostor?! There's no such person at all?!" A ferocious beast noisily shouted, "What outrageous audacity! She dares come to our Five Elements Sect to steal precious medicine!"
It had already activated its surging power of qi and blood. It was time to show what it could do!
"Shut up! Aren't I checking?!" White Spirit let out a sharp screech, its brow faintly furrowed as it gently flipped through page after page with its wing feathers. "Oh... found her. There really is such a person."
The ferocious beast that had spoken immediately wilted, lowering its head with an awkward chuckle.
"Good. Little ones, next, inspect her divine soul, inspect her bloodline, inspect her Soul Age. See