After finishing his conversation with Flower Elder, Xu Changqing toyed with the Spirit-Nurturer Envoy Token in his hand and said with a meaningful expression, "Is it finally about to begin? I've made ample preparations for this day."
Between the three of them, they had spent tens of thousands of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
He himself refined pills and forged artifacts whenever he had spare time.
He had also planted and purchased vast quantities of Yang-Pole Medicinal Materials.
He had even had Lao Bai of the Water-Control Pavilion craft a thousand spirit talismans.
His life had been fairly comfortable during this period, after all. The Spirit Rice Grain and spirit wine from the Rogue Cultivator Market had made up for part of the losses.
But Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue were different.
One had sold off all his spirit beasts and even turned his land into money.
The other was worse off still, to the point that he had gone back to using his old fishing tools.
And all of this was for the sake of making a killing when the Return-to-Ruins Secret Realm opened.
Xu Changqing then decisively took out his friends' Communication Talismans.
Without saying anything else, he naturally contacted Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue first, informing them that the Return-to-Ruins Secret Realm would soon open and telling them to prepare.
However, he also needed to contact Li Sancai afterward.
The Return-to-Ruins Secret Realm would open next month, after autumn began.
But in the coming days, Profound Heart City's once-in-a-century Thousand-Sail Crossing Competition would begin. He wanted to see whether Senior Brother Li wished to go have some fun together.
Very soon, Xu Changqing notified Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue.
The two had nothing to do in the first place and had rarely devoted themselves to cultivation. Hu Bugui in