With several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators escorting them, along with Li Qing, who had concealed his cultivation, this merchant voyage proceeded exceptionally smoothly. They encountered no mishaps whatsoever along the way.
In only a month and a half, the merchant ship reached its destination.
During that time, the several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators sat together discussing the Dao, exchanging insights and views on cultivation. Li Qing, mixed among them, occasionally offered a few casual pointers whenever the mood struck him. The four of them immediately felt as though clouds had parted to reveal the blue sky, and many problems they had long encountered in cultivation were instantly resolved.
For a time, the way they looked at Li Qing changed entirely. Yet they did not connect it to the possibility that he had concealed his cultivation.
"Fellow Daoist Wuji, your insights into cultivation are so profound. Could it be that you once received guidance from some great expert?" Zhao Shan asked Li Qing with admiration.
Li Qing gave a light laugh and casually made something up. "What I said just now was merely some of my own conjectures. You need not take it seriously. Just listen if you wish."
Those evasive words only made them even more certain that Li Qing had undoubtedly received guidance from some reclusive master, and simply found it inconvenient to speak of it casually.
After completing this voyage, Li Qing simply traveled together with the four Nascent Soul Realm rogue cultivators, heading for the Dao Palace.
Wan Hong flew at the front and said, "The Dao Palace's Dao Trial Assembly is specially held for rogue cultivators. Its purpose is to ensure that rogue cultivators with extraordinary talent but no background can receive sufficiently good cultivation."
"Every Dao Trial Assembly held by the Dao Palace will have