800 miles away from the Jingxiu Peak in a location that was covered in dense clouds the whole year round…

Because of the many tiny streams that ran through the region, it was named the Cloud Water Gorge in the Sixth Pass of the Taihang Mountains.

In one of the taller mountains in the region, 3 Martial Extermination Realm experts stood side by side as they looked around the ruins of a stronghold as though they were looking for something special.

Of the 3, one of them was a female cultivator with a long sword strapped behind her back. A reddish-green silk ribbon hung from her head and she had a voluptuous body. A charming light swirled around her pretty eyes.

She held a six-sided lantern that contained a ball of flickering flames in front of her. If anyone were to look carefully, they would discover that the clouds that had been parted around her were moving in rhythm to the flickering flames.

Close to ten feet around the 3 of them had been cleared of clouds and fog and from the looks of it, the lantern was an indispensable part of the reason.

That was also the reason why the other 2 Martial Extermination Realm experts had to gather around...