Li Qinghong and Lingyanzi discussed recent events. Lingyanzi, unassuming and without any airs, stroked his white beard and chuckled, "I must ask… does your clan perhaps have any younger disciples of appropriate age and talent who might come to my peak for cultivation? I am bound to the sect and cannot leave, and disciples on my peak have always been few… the lineage is at risk of being lost."3

Qinghong nodded, "I will remember your offer… Once I return to the clan, I will see if there is anyone suitable," she said with a nod. Not wanting to linger any longer, she bid farewell to Lingyanzi and rose into the air, only to find Shen Yanqing waiting in the clouds outside.0

Shen Yanqing smiled brightly and said softly, "I will escort you out."0

Stepping onto her purple-blue flying shuttle, she added, "My Shen Family has long admired your clan's reputation....0