"Weren't those three disciples of the Qingya Island Xue Family? The Xue Family moved fast—so quickly they latched onto the Wang Family."
"I heard the Qingya Twin Beauties both married this Daoist Wang as concubines. The Qingya Twin Beauties are cultivation partners countless cultivators dream of, yet they were willing to become concubines to a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Wouldn't it have been better to marry this old man as proper wives? They just had to become someone else's concubines."
"Haha, Daoist Wang is the great-grandson of the Azure Lotus Couple. At such a young age, he's already at the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer, with limitless prospects ahead of him. Meanwhile, Daoist Li, you're practically halfway into the grave and only at the Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer. If I were one of the Qingya Twin Beauties, I wouldn't choose you either. You can't eat the grapes, so you call them sour."
"Exactly. Now that Qingya Island has latched onto the Wang Family, they're bound to soar to glory in the future."
As they watched the four of them depart, the passersby discussed them in hushed voices.
Liu Wuyai and Lu Jiaojiao exchanged a glance and sighed in unison. They had gone through such things many times. As rogue cultivators, they could not afford to offend those great powers. Still, they bore no grudge; living their own lives well was what mattered most.
Naturally, they could also tell that the piece of Jingang Ore might hold some other mystery. Otherwise, Wang Youwei would not have paid such a high price for it. Of course, only Wang Youwei himself knew the truth.
Azure Dragon Pavilion was the largest wine house on Azure Dragon Island, and none of those who came and went there were ordinary people.
Inside a private room on the fifth