To be fair, while a group of cultivators of the same generation were here eagerly preparing for a grand competition, someone else was already capable of setting the rules for everyone...
Even knowing that they were already too old to be contenders on the path to becoming Emperor, the two cultivators from Qi Shi Fu could not help but sigh for these people.
It was simply too despairing...
Yet Adam, the one currently making everyone despair, was not in Purple Mountain at all.
The sect competition had divine spirits of Emperor Weapons overseeing it, so there was no need for him to divert his attention to it. The only part requiring his participation was the final battle against those so-called prodigies who crossed the reward threshold.
Led by the Golden Boy and Jade Maiden, Adam had now arrived at Golden Cave in the Northern Plains.
"Have they set up camp here?"
From a distance, Adam spotted the small cluster of buildings outside Golden Cave.
Because humanity had been weak during the ancient era, the Ancient Race generally regarded humans with disdain. This was even more true for the Ancient Royal Clans. Even if they accepted cultivators from those royal families as dogs, they would never allow them to live inside Golden Cave.
"Well, that is rather insulting to dogs. Dogs are loyal and adorable..."
After reflecting on himself inwardly, Adam waved his hand and scattered a swath of light feathers.
The falling feathers looked lighter than real feathers. They drifted and danced through the air, blurring everything they touched before transforming into faint radiance that enveloped it in the next instant.
Before long, that faint glow grew brighter and brighter, becoming as radiant as the light feathers themselves. A soft cracking sound accompanied it, like the sound of a cocoon