Xi Menglan planned to learn about Mo Wudu’s current situation before visiting him. It could be considered doing some research beforehand. More importantly, she wanted to find out whether Mo Wudu had really found someone new during the past few years.
As early as yesterday, when Xi Menglan and her Senior Sister first arrived in the Great Flame Empire, her Senior Sister had already informed the Jade Flower Sect that they would be visiting.
Therefore, the Jade Flower Sect had prepared early in the morning to welcome Xi Menglan and her companion.
Although no one knew why the young lady of the Heavenly Path Sect would suddenly visit their small sect, a great sect was still a great sect. As long as they could make Xi Menglan happy and persuade her to put in a few good words with her father after returning home, the Jade Flower Sect might even have a chance to advance from an Earth-rank sect to a Heaven-rank sect.
That was no exaggeration.
The Heavenly Path Sect was a transcendent great sect that already stood beyond the classification of Heaven-rank sects. If it wanted to support a small sect like the Jade Flower Sect, it would hardly require any effort at all.
Thus, everyone in the Jade Flower Sect who held a position with actual administrative authority came to welcome the young lady of the Heavenly Path Sect.
As for Mo Wudu, although he was a Peak Master, he was a Peak Master with absolutely no administrative authority.
Xi Menglan and her Senior Sister rode their flying swords directly to Jade Flower Sect’s main peak, Jade Mystic Peak.
The Jade Flower Sect Master immediately stepped forward when he saw them arrive. “Welcome to the Jade Flower Sect, Miss Xi. I am Bai Chuzhen, the Sect Master.”
Xi Menglan glanced around at the large crowd surrounding them, then said, “Sect Master Bai, I only came to look around the Jade Flower Sect. There’s no need for such a grand reception.”
Bai Chuzhen hadn’t spent all these years as Sect Master for nothing. Naturally, he immediately understood what Xi Menglan meant. He turned to the other Peak Masters and elders and said, “Everyone, you may return for now.”
Soon, only Bai Chuzhen, Xi Menglan, and Yue Xinru remained.
Bai Chuzhen said, “Miss Yue informed us yesterday that the two of you would be visiting. Everyone in the sect simply wanted to welcome you. Please forgive us if our hospitality has been lacking in any way.”
Xi Menglan nodded. “Sect Master Bai, would it be all right if my Senior Sister and I looked around the Jade Flower Sect by ourselves?”
Bai Chuzhen replied, “Of course. It would be the Jade Flower Sect’s honor. However, Miss Xi, would you really not like someone to guide you? I happen to be free right now, so I can personally show you around.”
Naturally, Bai Chuzhen’s claim that he was free was merely polite talk. In front of the young lady of a great sect like the Heavenly Path Sect, every other matter could only be pushed aside.
However, since Xi Menglan had already expressed her preference, Bai Chuzhen had no objections. He wasn’t worried that Xi Menglan might harbor malicious intentions toward the Jade Flower Sect either. For the Heavenly Path Sect, destroying an Earth-rank sect would require little more than a few words.
Xi Menglan said, “Sect Master Bai is too courteous. My Senior Sister and I will be fine on our own. Besides, having the Sect Master accompany us would attract too much attention.”
Bai Chuzhen nodded. “Then I won’t disturb you, Miss Xi. If you encounter any problems, you may come directly to me.”
Xi Menglan replied, “Thank you, Sect Master Bai.”
Bai Chuzhen then left, leaving only Xi Menglan and her Senior Sister behind.
Xi Menglan planned to find a disciple of the sect and ask about Mo Wudu first. Afterward, she would head to Jade Radiance Peak to find him.
Xi Menglan brought her Senior Sister to a busier area of Jade Mystic Peak. Most of the disciples there didn’t recognize either of them and simply assumed they were disciples from another peak.
Of course, Xi Menglan’s beauty still made her stand out from the crowd. However, beautiful people were everywhere in the cultivation world. If someone truly wanted to leave cultivators stunned by their appearance, they would probably have to look like Mo Wudu.
Xi Menglan cautiously asked, “Senior Sister, do you think they’ll know anything about Mo Wudu?”
Seeing how careful Xi Menglan was being, Yue Xinru couldn’t help feeling that she cared far too much about Mo Wudu. It almost seemed as though her entire heart and soul had already flown straight to him.
Yue Xinru replied, “Mo Wudu is a Peak Master, after all. The disciples should know at least something about him. Young Lady, I’ll find someone and bring them over so you can ask.”
Xi Menglan nodded.
Yue Xinru stopped a passing female disciple and briefly explained that Xi Menglan wanted to ask her something. The female disciple then came over.
Xi Menglan asked, “Um, do you know Mo Wudu?”
The female disciple looked confused. “Mo Wudu? Who’s that?”
Most of the disciples in the sect didn’t know Mo Wudu by name. Even after the incident outside the Provision Hall, where Mo Wudu had thoroughly humiliated Li Si, the disciples only knew that he was the Peak Master of Jade Radiance Peak. They didn’t actually know his name.
Xi Menglan clarified, “The Peak Master of Jade Radiance Peak.”
The female disciple immediately realized who she meant. She had happened to witness what occurred outside the Provision Hall, and Mo Wudu’s breathtaking appearance had left an extremely deep impression on her.
The female disciple exclaimed, “The Peak Master of Jade Radiance Peak? So his name is Mo Wudu! Peak Master Mo is incredibly handsome. He’s the most handsome man I’ve ever seen. Outside the Provision Hall the other day, Peak Master Mo frightened Senior Brother Li so badly that he fled without even daring to fight. He looked unbelievably imposing!”
Xi Menglan knew far better than this female disciple exactly how handsome Mo Wudu was.
During the years they had been apart, she frequently dreamed about him at night.
The Mo Wudu in her dreams was far more obedient than the real one.
As for what kind of things he obediently did…
Hehehe…
Xi Menglan said, “I’d like to know about everything that’s happened to Mo Wudu over the past few years, whether it’s something important or something minor.”
After saying that, Xi Menglan took a high-grade spirit stone from her spatial ring and handed it to the female disciple.
The female disciple hadn’t expected to receive a high-grade spirit stone merely for answering a few questions about Mo Wudu.
Even if she collected spirit stones from the Provision Hall for her entire life, she might never accumulate enough to equal this single high-grade spirit stone.
The woman before her was clearly no ordinary person.
With such an enormous reward in hand, the female disciple naturally had no reason to hold anything back. “Thank you for your generous gift, Fairy. As for Peak Master Mo, I don’t know very much. He rarely appears around the sect and usually stays on Jade Radiance Peak. However, there is one rumor. I don’t know whether it’s true.”
Xi Menglan immediately asked, “What rumor?”
The female disciple replied, “I heard that Peak Master Mo was dumped by his girlfriend. After that, he spent every day on Jade Radiance Peak drinking away his sorrows. Apparently, Peak Master Mo used to be an extremely gentle person, but after the breakup, his personality changed drastically and he became completely dispirited. However, when I saw Peak Master Mo the day before yesterday, he didn’t seem particularly depressed.”
Xi Menglan felt as though she had been struck by lightning.
Had Mo Wudu really changed so drastically because she had broken up with him?
Xi Menglan hurriedly asked, “Can you tell me more about it?”
The female disciple shook her head. “I don’t know the details. I’ve been in the sect for several years, but the day before yesterday was the first time I’d ever seen Peak Master Mo. I only heard these things from other people, so they might just be rumors.”
However, Xi Menglan felt that the rumors were very likely true.
She still couldn’t forget the devastated expression on Mo Wudu’s face when she had broken up with him.
The female disciple continued, “I also heard people say that only Mo Wudu and his disciple live on Jade Radiance Peak, and that Mo Wudu often abuses his disciple. But I think that might be false too. Someone that handsome couldn’t possibly do something like that, right?”