Three days later.
Outside Shouyang Mountain at Soaring Sky Pass.
Carriages and horses flowed like dragons, while pedestrians filled the roads.
Countless low-level cultivators had gathered outside the mountain, spontaneously forming marketplaces large and small and doing all kinds of business.
To ordinary people, the sight was utterly inconceivable.
After all, Shouyang Mountain housed the temporary residence of a Nascent Soul True Person. Who would dare set up a little stall on his doorstep?
But this Nascent Soul True Person surnamed Lu was different. He came from the Dongyang Sect, and upon arriving at Soaring Sky Pass, he had pushed to lift many restrictions on trade.
He had even led by example, setting aside a vast area outside Shouyang Mountain where low-level cultivators could do business openly.
Within the marketplace, an evasive light shot skyward and entered the cloud-shrouded mountain.
The low-level cultivators watched it with envy.
"Another Golden Core Immortal has gone in, hasn't he?"
"I hear they hold gatherings inside specifically for Golden Core Immortals. Quite a few have come away with rich rewards."
"I wonder when I'll qualify to attend a gathering like that."
"Dream on! And if you're going to dream, why not dream bigger? Those gatherings of higher-level True Persons are what we should really yearn for."
"I heard someone brought a Demon Emperor cub to the last gathering of True Persons..."
While the low-level cultivators were still looking on with envy, a scarlet evasive light suddenly flew in from beyond the marketplace and headed straight into Shouyang Mountain.
The sight drew cries of astonishment.
Soaring Sky Pass had a Flight-Ban Formation!
Even Golden Core Cultivators could not take flight at will outside wartime. Only in certain designated areas could they fly freely.
Only a True Person of the Nascent Soul Realm could cross Soaring