Li Yun and Xu Ruhai were both at the Body Tempering Tenth Level.
After one transformation after another, their bodies had grown strong enough.
A case of six bottles of liquor soon ran dry, but it was nowhere near enough to get either of them drunk. They were not even tipsy; at most, their faces had turned a little red.
Both remained clearheaded.
Neither planned to drink any more.
"Brother Li, I'm glad I made a friend today and got to share your liquor. So I'll give you a piece of information for free."
"Oh? What information? Judging by your expression, Brother Xu, it must be something extraordinary."
"Extraordinary doesn't begin to cover it."
"Put it this way: once this news gets out, all of Sand City will be shaken. Martial artists from the city and everywhere within hundreds of kilometers will come swarming in."
"But so far, I'm the only one who knows."
"That's why I call it top secret."
Li Yun was taken aback, and his expression grew serious. "What news could be that astonishing?"
Xu Ruhai chuckled.
"It's a long story."
"A while back, I came to the Western Suburbs to visit a relative. As it happened, he was a hunter who went up into the mountains every few days."
"He was so happy to see me that he insisted on hunting something big to treat me. I couldn't talk him out of it, so I went up the mountain with him."
"Who would've thought... on that very trip, I'd find an underground cavern?"
"At first, I got a fright. I thought it was a newly formed Demon Cave. You know how those things are: as long as the source inside survives, Weird Demons keep spawning. If an army of them charges out, it spells disaster for