The banquet began, and the dishes were served.
Female cultivators invited from Soaring Sky Pass also performed soft songs, graceful dances, zithers, and reed pipes.
Amid the unceasing stream of people, two figures moved against the flow and sat beside Luo Chen.
Facing everyone's curious gazes, Luo Chen briefly introduced them. "These are my two Dao companions, Sima Hui Niang and Gu Cai Yi!"
The Nascent Soul True Persons swept their gazes across the two women. As they nodded in acknowledgment, they memorized their appearances and auras.
Should they encounter them in the future, they would more or less give Luo Chen some face. If nothing else, they would not make things excessively difficult for them.
Under those friendly gazes, the women's taut bodies beneath their dresses gradually relaxed.
The two women sat behind Luo Chen, watching him drink and converse merrily before the crowd, speaking with eloquence and ease. From time to time, they exchanged glances and found joy and delight in each other's eyes.
Once, they had dreamed of reaching Foundation Establishment, yet could not obtain it.
Now, they had established their Dao Foundations, formed Golden Cores, and could even sit calmly before a gathering of Nascent Soul True Persons.
This was a dreamlike scene they had never dared imagine!
And all of it had been bestowed by the man before them.
As their hearts surged with emotion, the dancing in the hall had long since stopped. Only the soft sounds of zithers and pipes remained, accompanied by the casual conversation of Nascent Soul True Persons.
"The Northern Sea?"
"Yes, precisely the Northern Sea. Its customs and culture differ greatly from those of our Eastern Wasteland. Its resources are especially abundant—so abundant that even rogue cultivators have attained the Nascent Soul Great Dao!"
"I had heard from ancient