Her destination was the Grand Pavilion of Archives, the monolithic, thirteen-story pagoda of knowledge situated at the very center of the Inner Sect.
She had an investigation to conduct.
If the Sect Leader's Senior Apprentice, Shen Zechuan, possessed a special Mantra, and if the Sect Leader's sequestered daughter possessed the Supreme Heavenly Yin Body, Ji'an needed to gather data and see if it was true or not.
She needed to know the mechanical limitations of their physiques, historical precedents, and most importantly, how to counter them when the tournament began.
She moved through the sect using the shadow-stepping techniques she had inadvertently learned by dodging Master Jiu Zui's flying wine gourds.
She avoided the main thoroughfares, bypassed the bustling training arenas, and slipped through the massive brass doors of the Grand Pavilion entirely unnoticed.
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The Grand Pavilion of Archives was a magnificent, awe-inspiring monument to orthodox knowledge.
