With Lin Ming's current influence in Tianyun City, many factions naturally wanted to curry favor with him. However, due to the rules of the Seven Profound Martial Mansion, these factions were strictly forbidden from disturbing a disciple's cultivation unless Lin Ming left the Martial Mansion or initiated contact himself.
The lake below the platform was tranquil and emerald green, like a massive piece of jade. It was now late autumn, and the weeping willows by the lake had turned a brilliant gold. When the autumn wind blew, withered willow leaves fluttered down like a flurry of golden moths. Strangely, however, not a single leaf landed in the lake.
The Jade Platform where Lin Ming sat cross-legged was the very site of the Seven Profound Martial Mansion's Illusion Array, used to test one's Martial Arts Heart. Apart from the two annual examinations at the start of spring and autumn, this place was never open to the Martial Mansion Disciples.
