Chapter 48 — What Song Yao Knew

Profound Sword Sect had seven main gates.

Duan Zheng avoided all of them.

Lu Chen noticed.

"Are we sneaking in?"

"No."

They were walking through a narrow mountain pass behind Li Cangwu.

There were no guards.

No road markers.

No formation checkpoint.

Only a stone path barely wide enough for two people.

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Lu looked around.

"This feels like sneaking."

Li Cangwu didn't turn.

"It's an elder passage."

"So we're entering secretly."

"We're entering privately."

"What's the difference?"

"Permission."

Lu thought about that.

"Whose permission?"

"Mine."

"Oh."

Jian Wuchen walked beside him.

"Stop asking."

"Why?"

Jian looked at him.

Lu nodded.

"Right."

Shen Yuan almost missed Cloudveil.

Almost.

Profound Sword Sect occupied an entire mountain chain.

Azure Origin had five great peaks gathered around a central spiritual network.

Profound Sword was different.

Its mountains stretched in long ridges, each one sharp enough from a distance to resemble a sword laid across the earth.

Stone stairs climbed cliffs.

Bridges crossed narrow valleys.

Sword platforms had been carved directly into mountainsides.

Disciples in grey and dark blue moved between them.

Some practiced alone.

Others trained in formations.

Sword Qi occasionally flashed against the morning clouds.

Jian Wuchen became quieter the farther they went.

Ye Feng noticed.

He said nothing.

That was probably why they were friends.

Li Cangwu led them through a secondary formation.

The barrier opened without resistance.

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