"Brother Lin, how much do you know about the factions in the Star Ruins?"
As they walked, Ning Yu suddenly asked Chen Lin.
Chen Lin shook his head.
"I came from a place called the Tianxuan Realm, and I'm a rogue cultivator. I only arrived in the Star Ruins recently, so I don't know much about this place. I was just thinking of asking you for a map of the factions, Brother Ning."
"Is that so?"
Ning Yu paused in mild surprise.
He smiled and said, "You kept mentioning the Central Area, so I thought you came from there. It turns out you're a rogue cultivator from a boundary realm."
"But that doesn't matter."
"Although we boundary realm cultivators don't live in the Star Ruins, we aren't necessarily weaker than Star Ruins cultivators. Once we brothers accomplish something that shakes heaven and earth, we'll make those fellows with eyes perched atop their heads shut their mouths!"
"Of course."
Ning Yu changed tack.
"Star Ruins cultivators really are formidable, so we mustn't underestimate them either. In particular, the core descendants of the great factions named in the Heavenly Dao Book, and those listed on the Ascension Board, aren't easy to provoke."
With that, he took out a jade slip.
He handed it to Chen Lin and said, "This is a map of the major factions compiled by our lineage. It also contains information about some boundary realms and powerful figures you should watch out for. It's yours, Brother Lin."
"Thank you."
Chen Lin took the jade slip and probed it with his soul mind. The information was indeed detailed, far better than the ordinary maps sold in the Market.
He thanked Ning Yu again, then put it away in his Storage Ingot.
Then he asked tentatively, "Have you attended the Dao