Zhong Hua leaned over the railing, her grin widening as she watched the lightning flicker above the sect.
"Well, well. Looks like someone's putting on a show before we even got back," she said cheerfully.
Her maid, Xu Lan, stood beside her quietly, her eyes focused and brows slightly furrowed. "It doesn't feel like a Core Formation breakthrough… Something is off."
Chen Xueyan said nothing, her arms folded calmly. Her icy aura rippled faintly as she stared into the growing storm clouds, her thoughts unreadable.
Just then, a loud laugh burst out from the center of the group.
"Lightning! Pain! Thunder!! Aaaah, I can already feel the electric sting in the air! Whoever's going through that tribulation better let me watch up close! Maybe a bolt or two will hit me too!" Ma Li muttered under her breath excitedly, hugging herself and trembling where she stood.
