After three rounds of tea, Ye Jingcheng saw Feng Daoran off from Black Cloud Mountain. After giving it some thought, Ye Jingcheng ultimately gave him a third-rank Star Pear Fruit.
He watched Feng Daoran depart into the distance.
Feng Daoran's parting words still filled his mind.
According to what the other man had said, this Golden Core assembly would most likely discuss heading to Southern Barbarian Province to blunt its edge.
Unlike the evil cultivators of Southern Barbarian Province, who came to Xiao Mountain Prefecture wanting everything—mortals for blood sacrifices, spirit mountains for plunder, cultivators for soul offerings...
Most cultivators on the Southern Wasteland Province side only sought to seize some resources.
That was why Feng Daoran had approached Ye Jingcheng this time: to form an alliance.
Ye Jingcheng had initially wanted to refuse, but after hearing that Purple Fortune True Person and He Yu would also be there, he agreed.
The few of them had all left a fairly good impression on Ye Jingcheng.
If Xiao Mountain Prefecture truly intended to go plundering, Ye Jingcheng naturally could not remain detached on his own.
Nor could he enter seclusion immediately after attending the trade assembly.
Besides, with the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon breaking through to the middle stage of the fourth rank this time, along with the Five-Colored Cloud Deer and Golden Falcon making breakthroughs, his strength had increased considerably. Even though the Golden-Scaled Beast and Crimson Flame Fox were in seclusion, his overall strength had still grown, and he was confident he could face whatever came.
Still, he vaguely felt as though both sides were drilling their troops.
"Forget it. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!" Ye Jingcheng shook his head and stopped dwelling on it. After all, whether they would even go to Southern Barbarian Province