After Liu Changxu returned to the Peach Blossom Pavilion from the Underground Auction, he immediately sent his father a Ten-Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission Talisman, telling him that he had won a Foundation Establishment Pill at auction and asking him to send Ninth Uncle Liu Shijia to Purple Forest Market at once to reach foundation establishment.
Once he had sent the message, Liu Changxu waited in the Peach Blossom Pavilion for the Azure Cloud Sect's summons.
The next day, Liu Changxu received orders from the sect to assemble at the Azure Cloud Sect's encampment.
With orders from the sect to obey, Liu Changxu could only entrust the Foundation Establishment Pill to his father's second concubine, Madam Liang, before setting off immediately for the sect's encampment.
When Liu Changxu arrived at the encampment and entered the main hall, he found it already filled with foundation establishment cultivators.
He took a place near the back and carefully surveyed the crowd.
A rough count put their number at over a hundred, making the otherwise spacious hall feel somewhat crowded.
However, Liu Changxu noticed that this gathering was different from previous ones. The foundation establishment cultivators standing in the hall all exuded powerful auras. Even the weakest were at the foundation establishment middle stage, while the vast majority were at the foundation establishment late stage. The auras of several among them even made Liu Changxu wary.
Moreover, these foundation establishment cultivators all looked young. Not one was over a hundred years old.
A possibility immediately occurred to Liu Changxu: these people were all inner sect disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect.
*Yes, only inner sect disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect could fit their profile. It looks like the fighting ahead won't be as terrifying as I imagined. At the very least, the sect wouldn't send