Breaking Free of the Fate of Factory Work?!

Now that he had nothing to do with that so-called Manager Liu of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, the ten thousand Spirit Crystals handed over to the alliance had only bought them passage here. From here on out, they were on their own.

If they wanted any further service, there was only one answer: pay more.

Lu Ren had no intention of staying with the Myriad Immortals Alliance either. The alliance did not particularly welcome people like them. After all, it was in the human-smuggling business, so naturally it wanted to send them as far away as possible.

What gave Lu Ren the greatest sense of frustration was that, with a casual glance, every cultivator here seemed to be at least an early-stage Celestial Immortal, while Celestial Immortal Pinnacle experts were hardly rare.

"Already surprised?"

Ao Li, who had been in seclusion refining his Dragon Pearl, finally spoke. His voice was full of teasing.

Lu Ren's expression shifted slightly. "You've been to this place?"

Within the Inner World Universe, Ao Li snorted softly. Crossing his arms, he said smugly, "I came to this Border City with my father before. It's just that our True Dragon Clan's influence isn't here."

It seemed Ao Li had kept quite a lot from him. Lu Ren had no desire to dig into it, merely asking, "Do you know the Path to Ascension?"

After standing there blankly for quite some time, just as he was about to wander around aimlessly, Lu Ren's gaze flickered. He turned his head toward a middle-aged man approaching from the side.

When the middle-aged cultivator saw Lu Ren turn to look at him, surprise appeared on his face. He had approached as silently as possible, yet the other party had noticed him at once and entered a combat-ready state. If he