"How many times has the wind chime rung?"
Although the Heavenly Maiden Festival of the Goddess Sect is not a major festival, the most anticipated event on such a day, whether by guests or the sect's elders and disciples, is the apprenticeship ceremony.
According to tradition, an Outer Disciple will pay respects to the ancestral masters, and the sect will bestow upon them a Divine Lady Tree.
The female disciple who receives this honor would become the most prominent person in the sect on this day—
But this time, the Heavenly Maiden Festival of the Goddess Sect was different. Not only did the Outer Disciple who received the Divine Lady Tree not feel in the spotlight, but the whole ceremony seemed especially perfunctory to her.
Only a few elders remained in the entire Goddess Sect to oversee the event, while most had rushed to the entrance of the Fairy Cave.
Those who stayed, whether guests or the master giving her the Divine Lady Tree, had their minds entirely on the Fairy Cave.
