With the Ascension Ceremony about to begin, Li Qing found an ominous premonition budding in his heart.
Drawing on his experience of having lived two lives, he felt that this Ascension Ceremony would likely not be so peaceful.
Li Qing closed his eyes, and one major event after another from the Cultivation World in recent years surfaced in his mind. He tried to string them together.
Demon Eagle Guest achieving Foundation Establishment, the emergence of Lingmiao Cave Mansion, the Tianhe Sect mine being raided, the delayed Ascension Ceremony, the exposure of a Heavenly Spiritual Root...
These events were cluttered and chaotic. No matter how he looked at them, they seemed to have no connection at all. Though they had caused great uproar, each one appeared perfectly normal.
Li Qing's thoughts were in disarray, and beads of cold sweat emerged on his forehead.
After pondering for a long while without finding any useful clues, Li Qing finally rose to his feet and made a decision.
Run!
"Fine. Though this Ascension Ceremony is grand and solemn, it has nothing to do with me."
"Watching those Rogue Cultivators fight to join the Tianhe Sect costs Spirit Stones. I might as well find a place to hide from the world and cultivate in seclusion."
"Though the spiritual energy within the secret realm is not particularly dense, it is secluded—a good place for cultivation away from the world."
Li Qing muttered to himself, then decided to act according to his heart.
Afterward, despite the rising prices, he still gritted his teeth and bought quite a few Peiyuan Pills and Guangling Pills, spending a full eight hundred Spirit Stones.
Together with the pills he still had on hand, they would be enough to support his cultivation for quite some time.
Besides that, he searched the marketplace