Three Mountains Market.
Inside a recently opened teahouse.
As Aaron sipped spiritual tea, he listened to the other immortal cultivators discuss the recent major events in the cultivation world and could not help sighing. "The ways of the world are truly unpredictable..."
Three years had passed since that day.
Yet the might of that third-rank Longlife Turtle still remained firmly etched in his heart.
That day... after Patriarch Hongyu appeared with her third-rank spirit beast, stunning the entire crowd and announcing herself as the new leader of the Three Mountains Association, all of Three Mountains Market immediately seemed to find its backbone and swiftly stabilized.
The Azure Cauldron Sect reacted just as quickly, forming an offensive and defensive alliance with Patriarch Hongyu to jointly resist the demonic path's invasion from the Martial Kingdom. They even dispatched large numbers of people to help the Three Mountains Association establish an enormous third-rank formation around East Gate Valley. Upon hearing this news, the Black Blood Sect directly abandoned its invasion plans.
After all, the situation had changed again. The Three Mountains Association had completely thrown in its lot with the Azure Cauldron Sect. Though Patriarch Hongyu was only at Foundation Establishment, she possessed a third-rank spirit beast. With the aid of the formation, even the Black Blood Sect Master would find it difficult to take them down within ten days to half a month.
And by then, the Azure Cauldron Sect would certainly send troops to reinforce them, leaving him beset from both front and rear!
The war clouds that had hung over Three Mountains Market abruptly dispersed. Still, Aaron first went out for a time, remotely directing Lin Yuanping to keep the shop open and earn spirit stones while he observed the situation.
Only recently, after confirming that the Black Blood Sect