"Ah, I see..."
Ning Wangshu nodded. "This Liuyun Sect... isn't one of those Secret Realm Immortal Gates, is it?"
Liu Qi shook his head. "No. The Liuyun Sect is just an ordinary sect from the Cultivation World. But it does have a deep foundation. I hear there's a Golden Core Great Grandmaster stationed there."
"It has a very high standing and considerable renown in our Chuzhou, and even throughout Tianfeng Province."
After a brief pause, Liu Qi continued, "My cousin was invited to this gathering because she's a disciple of a cultivation sect called the Guiyuan Sect in neighboring Jingyang City."
"But the Guiyuan Sect my cousin belongs to can't compare to the Liuyun Sect. She told me that the strongest person in her sect, their sect leader, is only at the Seventh Level of the Forming Yuan Stage."
"I'm just tagging along with my cousin this time to see what all the fuss is about..."
As he spoke, Liu Qi couldn't help smiling.
"I see! I was wondering why the traffic was so bad on the way here. We should've arrived half an hour ago, but we ended up stuck in traffic that whole time."
Ning Wangshu chuckled.
"When you called me just now, Brother Ning, my cousin and I had only just reached the mountain," Liu Qi said. "Since you were already in Chuzhou, I figured I'd invite you over to enjoy the festivities with us."
"Otherwise, if I waited until the gathering was over and went back into the city to find you, it'd probably be evening by then..."
Ning Wangshu said, "No worries. I didn't have anything in particular to do on this trip. I just came out with Qingzhu and the others for a while, to relax and clear our heads."
"I thought I'd take