Coming to the Eighth Peak again, Zheng Fa could feel the changes within Master Pang's lineage.
It was hard to pinpoint exactly where these changes could be discerned at a glance.
But along the way, the disciples of Master Pang rushed about with a sense of urgency yet aimless strides.
The looks of suspicion and covert hostility when they saw him.
The Daoist boy hastily reporting to Master Pang's palace.
And the feeling of being subtly watched and surrounded as soon as he stepped onto the mountain path.
All of these made Zheng Fa genuinely feel the tension and depression permeating the Eighth Peak.
The fact that Zheng Fa became a disciple of the Sect Leader had not spread—mainly because the Sect Leader, after accepting the disciple, was busy with creative works and holed up in his hut with no patience for publicizing the matter.
However, there were a few within Master Pang's disciples who knew.
