That day, Shen Mo had just returned from the Tianyin Valley Trade Fair when he saw two familiar figures outside his temporary mansion.
One of them was Elder Song Shenglong from the Celestial Lotus Sect. The Heaven Patrolling Zone was home to nine sects of extraordinary status, and the Celestial Lotus Sect was one of them, rumored to have a Divine Bridge Realm Heavenly Monarch presiding within. Song Shenglong, on the night the Ancient Vine Sect was assailed, had come to their aid with two other peak Golden Core Realm cultivators. Shen Mo had thus become acquainted with him, and they had maintained frequent contact since.
The other person was none other than Yuan Jing, who had been 'softly imprisoned' by the Heaven Patrolling Temple for over a decade!
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Shen Mo immediately arranged a banquet to warmly entertain the two.
