Having calculated the dates, there was not much time left before the Lesser Cold Realm opened.
Li Xuanxiao left the sect and boarded the Merchant Guild's Flying Ship.
His reason for leaving the sect this time was that he had accepted a Foundation Establishment Realm mission at the Sword Holding Pavilion.
Li Xuanxiao planned to finish this mission swiftly, then head straight for the Lesser Cold Realm.
As for why he had chosen to take the Merchant Guild's Flying Ship—
The Money Merchant Guild and Shu Mountain had recently struck a deal.
The cost of taking the Money Merchant Guild's Flying Ship back could be reimbursed.
Spiritual energy consumption was zero for every hundred li, and he had heard there was even a free meal allowance.
Within the sect, Li Xuanxiao claimed to be at the Foundation Establishment Realm; outside, he disguised himself as being at the Qi Refining Stage.
Basically, no expert would attack a mere Qi Refining cultivator for no reason.
Besides, experts were stationed aboard the Flying Ship.
Doing so would both incur karmic burden, and killing a Qi Refining cultivator would yield little anyway.
After testing every item of food for poison, Li Xuanxiao finally began eating in small bites.
At this moment, he sat leisurely in his own room.
With his left hand, he gently picked up an exquisite pastry and placed it in his mouth, savoring its fragrant sweetness as he chewed.
His right hand steadily held a steaming cup of fragrant tea. From time to time, he took a small sip, letting the rich, sweet tea slowly spread across his tongue.
His gaze, meanwhile, passed through the window toward the world beyond the Flying Ship.
Outside, clouds drifted leisurely by, sometimes spreading like cotton fluff, sometimes curling like rolling waves.
Li Xuanxiao could