Chapter 20: Elder Sun
After leaving the Scripture Repository, the morning mountain wind blew away the last trace of drowsiness from Lu Fengmian.
Standing on his flying sword, he looked down over the sect’s scenery—the pavilions and halls faintly appearing and disappearing amid the rolling clouds and mist—and let out a sigh.
Sleeping in was now completely impossible. There was no point in returning to Luo Xia Peak, so he might as well…
A thought arose in his heart, and he changed direction. Instead of returning directly to the peak, he began carrying out his routine inspection along the mountain paths and temple complexes of the main peak and its major subsidiary peaks.
This was one of his everyday duties as senior brother: checking whether the various departments of the sect were operating normally, identifying any safety hazards, and ensuring that the disciples’ cultivation and daily lives were in proper order.
Although the small competition had just ended and conditions in most places should have been fairly stable, who knew? He treated it as a walk to clear his head.
He leisurely rode his sword, his gaze slowly sweeping over the training grounds, lecture halls, and mission hall.
In the morning light, Lingyun Sect had lost the clamor of the small competition, replaced instead by a fairyland-like peace and order.
Occasionally, some early-rising disciples cultivating or carrying out tasks encountered him and stopped to salute. He nodded back to them one by one.