"Exhilarating!"
Ye Wuhen laughed heartily. "Brother Li, you really aren't one of those hidebound hypocrites of the righteous path."
He rose and brushed the dust from his robes. "Since we both intend to go to North Pole City, why not travel together? We can watch each other's backs along the way."
"Exactly what I had in mind."
After a moment's thought, Li Yunjing nodded. "But Brother Ye, given your current situation..."
"I understand your concerns."
A glint of ruthlessness flashed through Ye Wuhen's eyes. "Those old bastards won't find it so easy to lay a hand on me. As for you, Brother Li..."
He gave Li Yunjing's Storage Ring a meaningful glance and changed the subject. "You reaped quite a harvest in the secret realm, didn't you?"
The two exchanged a smile, each understanding without needing words.
"In that case, let us address each other as brothers."
Li Yunjing suggested, "We can tell others we're rogue cultivators traveling together. What do you think?"
"Splendid!"
Ye Wuhen clapped his hands and laughed. "I happen to have a secret art for concealing cultivation. It can suppress our auras to the ninth-layer Golden Core realm. If you don't mind, Brother Li..."
Li Yunjing's eyes lit up. "I couldn't ask for more!"
Ye Wuhen immediately taught him the incantation.
This Breath Concealment Technique was exceptionally intricate. Not only could it hide one's true cultivation, it could even disguise the nature of one's cultivation art.
Li Yunjing was gifted and quick-witted, mastering its essentials in just an hour.
"Brother Li, you truly are a heaven-born genius."
Ye Wuhen marveled, "An ordinary cultivator would need at least three days to comprehend this art."
Of course, the ordinary cultivators Ye Wuhen spoke of possessed supreme-grade spiritual roots at the very least!
Someone of his standing had no