Maya Summers Joins the Sigil Sect

The Sigil Sect was hidden away on the mysterious Wuyue Mountain.

As you got within a hundred miles of Wuyue Mountain, the flying beasts grew restless.

Go a little closer, and you’d see a wall of mist ahead.

Inside the mist stood a tall mountain, carved with four striking red characters: 'Touch the words, fall to the ground.'

The two hurriedly landed.

Luckily, someone from the Sigil Sect came out to ask what brought them here.

After explaining their purpose and showing Shannon’s recommendation letter, he led Maya Summers inside.

Before entering, the sect member told Grace to wait right there and absolutely not wander off—otherwise, she’d be responsible for whatever happened.

In a place like the Sigil Sect, with arrays and traps everywhere, Grace wouldn’t dare to wander.

So she obediently stayed put, not straying more than three meters from her spot.

Meanwhile, Grace waited obediently, but Ray was anything but obedient.

He snuck out of the magical space, pointed his tail in a certain direction, motioned for her to wait there, and then dashed off into the mist.

Grace tried to stop him and chased after him for a few steps.

But that little rascal ran right into the misty mountains, and Grace couldn’t find a trace of him.

Afraid she’d get lost if she went in, and worried he wouldn’t find her if he came back, Grace anxiously stayed put.

Luckily, it wasn’t long before he came back.

There was golden juice smeared around his mouth—who knows what delicious thing he’d stolen from the mountain...

...

Grace waited outside for quite a while, until a disciple from the Sigil Sect led Maya Summers out of the mist.

Maya was all smiles—she’d passed the test, and the Sigil Sect agreed to accept her as a disciple!

Grace was thrilled too.

Before heading back, Maya asked Grace to take good care of Mr. Yuan and find him a place to stay, so he wouldn’t have to wander around and risk getting beaten again.

Grace agreed.

But just then, a scruffy, bald bird of indeterminate breed dropped from the sky.

An old man jumped off the bird and shouted, "Maya! Where are you going? Why didn’t you wait for your dad?"

Maya could only rub her forehead in exasperation.

Mr. Yuan really could find her anywhere!

Now that Maya was officially a disciple of the Sigil Sect, she couldn’t keep bringing him along, so she tried to persuade him to go back with Grace.

But Mr. Yuan refused to leave, determined to stick with Maya even if it meant dying.

Both Maya and Grace were at their wits’ end.

Fortunately, Fan’er was Master Xuanwei’s only apprentice and held a high status among the Sigil Masters, so the disciple who led Maya out was very polite to her.

Seeing the situation, he suggested that if the old man wouldn’t leave, Maya could ask the Sect Leader to let this poor old guy join as a groundskeeper.

Maya did as suggested, and the Sect Leader agreed.

So Mr. Yuan continued to follow Maya—she became a disciple, and he became the guy sweeping leaves...

...

Grace escorted Maya Summers safely back to Sigil City.

But after returning, she noticed something was wrong with Ray.

He curled up and slept, his body temperature much lower than usual.

Grace held him close, but no matter how she tried, she couldn’t warm him up.

He seemed half-awake, half-asleep, and his mind was fuzzy.

Could it be that he ate something bad while sneaking around on Wuyue Mountain?

...

Longyuan.

Evan Xiao leaned against the railing of the Celestial Palace, watching two children play.

One of them fell and started to cry.

He walked over and helped the child up.

The little one looked up at him with big eyes and thanked him, "Thank you, Prince Evan!"

Evan Xiao smiled.

He used to dislike children, always thinking they were noisy and troublesome.

But now, his feelings had changed.