Only after Li Ling and Mo Qingping finished their discussion and arranged their next exchange at the Market Gathering did the Ninth Princess ask, "Husband, have you settled on a trade with Senior Mo? Will you still go together the next time you explore the Dream Realm?"
Li Ling considered it. "He didn't mention it. We'll see when the time comes."
For now, accompanying Mo Qingping into the Dream Realm still held considerable value.
Li Ling merely possessed a few special abilities. He had yet to grow to the point where he could roam the Dream Realm freely without relying on experienced seniors.
There were dangers and ways of handling them that he still knew nothing about, and he had no clear grasp of the dream territories or the distribution of their resources.
After this trip, however, his dream spirit had not disintegrated and still maintained a close connection with that place.
It would not take him long to enter the Dream Realm again, nor would he need to make many additional preparations.
Mo Qingping, by contrast, might have lost his dream spirit there. He would need to condense another avatar and reestablish contact with the mental Dao Marker he had left behind.
All of that required time and effort. He would probably have his hands full for a while.
If he kept running into such bad luck, entering a place like that would cost more than it yielded. Li Ling could not help recalling the source of his own Dao Marker: Fang Jing, that grassroots rogue cultivator.
The man had even imagined getting there ahead of everyone else once he reached Foundation Establishment...
He might as well forget it. At Foundation Establishment, he could do little more than rely on luck and pick through scraps nearby.
Whether he could