Gujian Qingshuang, Ye Dongliu and Granny Mu Hua had gathered at the Celestial Welcome Hall. The others waited outside; there were quite a lot of people there, arguing and discussing the events, but the commotion didn't disrupt the atmosphere within the hall.

"Please take a seat."

All three of them sat down. There was a woman with stone skin looking straight at them, sitting ramrod straight without the slightest movement.

"I didn't think the One-strike Slaughterer would come all the way here. Welcome, and sorry for the poor hospitality we can afford you," Gujian Qingshuang said.

"Don't bring up that nickname. Just drop the formalities and call me Shi Yan." The woman whose name meant 'stone' sat with both arms on the armrests of her chair and her legs parted. Though she was a woman, there was a really domineering aura coming from her. It was as if her gaze could see through every pretense and read minds.

Shi Yan was a crude, simple name, yet a girl was using it. Like her namesake, everything about her screamed 'hard'. She was the junior sister of the sect master...