Why not?

Or rather, the five ascension realm leaders still remaining on Chenping Continent probably all had around ten thousand years left to live, provided they did not entangle themselves in any major karma or forcibly invoke their Dao rhyme.

But Chenping Continent itself probably did not have that much "life" left.

"True Lord Ling Xuan ordered me to assemble a team and enter that enormous cavern beneath Nanyu Lake to attempt to rescue the missing cultivators. We're also to explore the cavern, insofar as we can ensure our own safety."

Li Haowen spoke.

"So you came to me."

Bai Jinye spoke.

"You know just how unpopular I am."

Li Haowen simply said this calmly.

"Fair enough."

Bai Jinye nodded, seemingly in complete agreement with what Li Haowen had just said.

Bai Jinye truly could not imagine anyone in Chenping Continent's cultivation world today whose reputation was worse than Li Haowen's.

No, if he had to name someone more infamous than Li Haowen, there certainly were such people—and quite a few of them.

But most of those people were so-called "evil cultivators." They were either already dead or being relentlessly hunted down by the world, well on their way to death.

"So the only people entering the cavern beneath Nanyu Lake will be you and me, Elder Li?"

Bai Jinye asked.

"I'm afraid I'll need you to recruit the rest, Elder Bai."

Li Haowen replied.

"Apart from me, aren't you also quite close to a female cultivator from the Xuansheng Sect, Elder Li?"

Bai Jinye asked.

He Qingling's face immediately appeared in Li Haowen's mind.

He Qingling's cultivation had now reached the peak of the spirit 통 realm. Among the Guardians of the Dao on Du Cang Mountain, her cultivation placed her in the second tier.

"No."

Li Haowen quickly shook his