"She was called Bai Lian."
Mei Hua closed her eyes briefly, as though recalling the face of that extraordinary disciple. "From the moment she stepped into our sect, she stood apart. At first, she was quiet and reserved—an orphan from a remote province, alone and unprepared for sect life."
"But her innate talent in the Radiant Dao was… almost frightening. She could pick up new techniques with a single glance, replicate them perfectly, and then refine them to an even higher degree.
"It was as if the Radiant Dao had chosen her—some said that she was its living incarnation. Light-based arts that ordinary disciples spent decades to merely comprehend, she mastered in days. Intent realms that stumped even the elders, she attained in a few months. Her brilliance was so blinding it cast everyone else into shadow."
