Just then!
In the borderlands of the Jin Kingdom, within Trial Valley...
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, how much longer is left in your current guard duty?"
"About another month. Once the sect sends someone over and the handover is complete, I'll be able to return to the sect and cultivate!"
"Then let me congratulate you in advance on escaping this sea of suffering!"
"Ah... I still have another half year before my assignment ends."
"No matter how generous the rewards for a task like this are next time, I won't take it."
"It delays cultivation far too much!"
"Over these past six months, my cultivation has made virtually no progress."
"I never should have let those generous rewards muddle my head in the first place!"
"You can't put it that way either!
After all, your sect's rewards are quite good.
Otherwise, having only just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, where would you have found the spare wealth to purchase a treasure tool?"
"Ah... that's true!"
"By the way, my assignment will end in another month."
"When the time comes, I'll hold a banquet in the valley!
After the banquet, everyone can exchange what they have for what they need!
Of course, the cultivators attending will all be fellow disciples from the various sects stationed in the valley—everyone knows one another!
There's no need to worry about danger.
After all, Immortal City is quite far away."
"And it isn't safe, either!"
"Alright!"
"I'll definitely come when the time arrives."
"This is an old tradition. I understand, brother!"
"..."
At that moment, faint spatial ripples suddenly spread through the high sky.
Yet not a single disciple from the various sects stationed below in Trial Valley noticed anything unusual!
After all, fluctuations at the level of spatial power were simply beyond the