Several days later, from afar, a range of rolling green mountains resembled a coiling dragon. Spirit cranes danced through the sky, while flocks of spirit birds chirped. Ancient pines clung to sheer cliffs. Spirit fish swam in secluded springs. Spirit mist wound through the mountains, wispy as threads.
It was a scene brimming with life, with the sun rising and birds singing in chorus.
This Coiling Dragon Mountain was where the Dragon Azure Merchant Alliance conducted business in Azure Cauldron City.
Since dawn, streaks of spirit light had periodically vanished into the mountains.
At that moment, a charming woman in a white dress swept through the air, her steps light and graceful, drawing a few wandering glances.
Even the guards stationed on the outskirts of Coiling Dragon Mountain were Golden Core Cultivators, showing just how grand this gathering was.
The woman in white was the princess consort, Yu Ya. She looked around. Dozens of Nascent Soul Cultivators had already arrived, varying in height and build. Though she was certain her master was here, she couldn't tell which one he was.
After a while, all she could do was complain, "He still doesn't completely trust me. What a slippery fellow, always appearing and disappearing without a trace."
By then, Lu Xiaotian had transformed into a middle-aged man dressed in brocade and jade, with a rather distinguished air.
"The Crimson Abyss Continent truly lives up to its reputation as a cultivation sanctuary. There are dozens of Nascent Soul-level experts attending this gathering alone."
Seeing the scale of the gathering, Lu Xiaotian couldn't help but marvel. Several decades ago, during the war between humans and ghosts in the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm, experts from both the Moonwatch and Southern Wasteland Cultivation Realms had assembled, yet there had only been fifty or sixty Nascent Soul-level