"If you wish to know what happened, go and ask your Sect Master — she will be able to tell you."
Pang Bo's father said this as he began walking toward the White Garb Nunnery.
And Linghu An'an did not stop him. After all, this concerned her young lady's safety, and she too wanted to learn the truth of the matter.
Upon arriving at the White Garb Nunnery, they did not beat around the bush. Instead, they directly informed the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery about the current situation in the Elephant Valley.
They also informed her about how Linghu Yueyue had taken the gourd into the lake.
Originally, Pang Bo and Linghu An'an had both assumed that the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery would know the secrets of that place.
But who could have imagined — upon hearing what had transpired, even the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery was left utterly shocked, her face overtaken by fear.
"Such a dramatic change has occurred?"
"That girl… how could she be so foolish?"
"Sigh… this is my fault. I should never have sent the two of you to retrieve that item at a time like this."
The Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery's face was now filled with regret and self-blame.
"Sect Master, it is too late for such words now."
"Please tell us — where did that gourd come from, and what exactly did you tell our young lady beforehand?"
Linghu An'an pressed further. She was deeply concerned about Linghu Yueyue's safety.
And the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery did not conceal the truth. She recounted the entire sequence of events to Linghu An'an and the three of them.
Though the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery held the position of ruler over the White Garb Nunnery, in the eyes of the Cloud Spirit Clan, she was essentially insignificant. The White Garb Nunnery and the Cloud Spirit Clan were simply not forces on the same level.
Her connection to the Cloud Spirit Clan had actually begun roughly thirteen years ago.
Thirteen years ago, an elderly man had appeared outside the White Garb Nunnery.
He had been sitting at the foot of the mountain, looking thoroughly exhausted — as though he had overexerted himself in cultivation, or perhaps been through a fierce battle. In any case, he was quite weak.
Out of kindness, the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery had offered him a bowl of clean water.
That water was, in fact, a specially prepared medicinal brew. It tasted like ordinary water, but possessed properties that could alleviate fatigue.
What the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery did not know at the time was that this elderly man was in fact a martial cultivator of unfathomably deep cultivation.
A master of such lofty standing would naturally possess a great many treasures. The clean water the Sect Master had offered would not have been of much practical use to him.
Yet simply because of this one act of kindness, the elderly master of profound cultivation presented the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery with two treasures.
One was a green porcelain bowl.
The other was the gourd that Linghu Yueyue would later use.
Furthermore, the elderly man took the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery to the Elephant Valley, where he placed the green porcelain bowl inside the palace of the Spirit Spring.
Once the green porcelain bowl was set within the palace, the rate at which the Spirit Spring flowed actually increased slightly.
This sent the Cloud Spirit Clan into rapturous joy. After all, they had been guarding the Spirit Spring for countless years, yet had never been able to do anything about its sluggish flow.
And here was this old man, who with nothing more than a single porcelain bowl, had managed to speed up the Spirit Spring's flow. Naturally, they were overjoyed.
However, the old man made it explicitly clear to the patriarch of the Cloud Spirit Clan that the porcelain bowl belonged to the White Garb Nunnery. Its placement there was merely temporary storage.
Surprisingly, the patriarch of the Cloud Spirit Clan — a man who was known for fearing nothing under heaven — agreed to this request without the slightest hesitation.
He further promised that whenever someone from the White Garb Nunnery came to retrieve the bowl, they would be free to take it, and the Cloud Spirit Clan would not stand in their way.
After the elderly man led the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery out of the Elephant Valley, he then taught her a Technique.
Moreover, the old man informed the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery of one additional matter.
He instructed her to return after eight years to retrieve the porcelain bowl, and then use the Technique he had taught her to activate it. The porcelain bowl could be used for cultivation.
Beyond that, the old man also gave the Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery a warning.
He told her that if she ever heard that something had changed regarding the Spirit Spring inside the Elephant Valley, or that cracks had appeared in the valley itself, it would mean that danger was descending upon the region.
The Sect Master of the White Garb Nunnery would need to evacuate the area immediately.
In times of crisis, she could call upon the power of the gourd.