After Zhu Yun left, Jade Auspicious Hermit walked over to a fish tank filled with water, then dropped a talisman onto it. Ripples spread across the surface, reflecting a blurry human face.
"Master, everything is proceeding according to plan."
After the blurry human face finished listening, it nodded, then vanished.
The next day.
Hong He arrived at the location of the Trade Fair.
This was a very ordinary Second Tier Cave Mansion in North Abyss City. When he entered, he saw Jade Auspicious Hermit seated at the very center, and around her, six Foundation Establishment Cultivators were already present.
These people were all seated on prayer mats. When they saw Hong He, their gazes were all appraising and curious.
"This is Red Sand Daoist, also an expert living in seclusion in the Southern Region of Cloud Dream Marsh near the Desolate Ruins. His cultivation is no weaker than mine."
Jade Auspicious Hermit immediately introduced him with a smile. She was a delicate and beautiful woman, and perhaps because her days in North Abyss City had been very comfortable these years, as she spoke her cherry lips curled slightly, her posture relaxed.
"Greetings, Daoist."
The other six Foundation Establishment Cultivators all greeted Hong He very courteously. The latter also nodded in response one by one, then chose an empty prayer mat and sat down.
Before long, Foundation Establishment Cultivators entered in twos and threes, and Jade Auspicious Hermit introduced them one by one as well.
Hong He, meanwhile, observed carefully from the very edge.
After he left the Eastern Wasteland, he had gone to Cloud Dream Marsh over in Eastern Wu.
Without the restraints of a sect, he had acted willfully for a period at first. Because Eastern Wu was close to water, there were many Robber Cultivators who practiced