Half an hour later, Liu Yuxin, who was guarding outside the cave abode atop the mountain, suddenly felt a ripple from the restriction beside her.
Before she could approach, two figures emerged from the restriction in the next instant, their expressions calm.
As soon as she left the cave abode, Xia Mo turned and cupped her hands slightly toward Song Qingming.
"Fellow Daoist Song, since we have already come to an agreement on this matter, I shall take my leave first."
"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist. I will definitely arrive on time for our appointment. Yuxin, please see Fellow Daoist Xia off."
Song Qingming nodded, then gave Liu Yuxin another instruction. Before long, Xia Mo left Black Cloud Island directly under Liu Yuxin's guidance.
Watching Xia Mo and Liu Yuxin's departing backs, Song Qingming stood where he was in silence for a moment before turning toward the foot of the mountain.
When he had first heard Xia Mo ask him to help search for spiritual items in the Northern Frontier, Song Qingming had indeed hesitated somewhat.
After all, the place they were going was the Northern Frontier, where danger lurked everywhere and the Demon Race was entrenched.
Even as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, if he was even slightly careless and encountered an expert of the Demon Race, he might find it difficult to escape unscathed.
Yet after hesitating only briefly and giving it some thought, Song Qingming quickly made up his mind and nodded in agreement to Xia Mo's request.
Just as she had said, they had already cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm and stood at the pinnacle of the Cultivation World. Wanting to advance even a single step further in cultivation was immensely difficult.
If one's path had already reached its end and one only wished to remain in