"Senior, were you asking us?"
The rogue cultivators stopped their spirited discussion and looked at Lin Qi in puzzlement. Finding his aura unfathomable and realizing he might be an Earth Rank Spirit Tamer, they hurriedly jumped down from their mounts to show their respect.
"Indeed. We have lately been exploring secluded places and mysteries in the Desolate Lands, and have paid little attention to developments among the grassroots for quite some time. From your conversation, it seems there is more news from Cloud Summit Peak?" Lin Qi nodded with a smile, presenting an approachable manner.
The rogue cultivators hastily replied, "So that is why. To be frank, Senior, this news only broke yesterday. They say the great powers at Cloud Summit Peak have finally succeeded in obtaining the divine tree's fruit from Jianmu World..."
Some matters concerning the Cloud Summit Alliance had long been made public, so news of its outward activities soon became common knowledge. This was meant to make everyone understand that expeditions to otherworlds truly held great promise. Rather than focus their efforts on their native world, powerful rogue cultivators, sects, and aristocratic clans would do better to turn their attention to otherworlds.
And naturally, the proper way to do that was to pledge allegiance to the Cloud Summit Alliance and join its expeditions.
Steering public opinion in this way could greatly strengthen the Expeditionary Corps and draw in outstanding talents from across the world.
"They really succeeded?" Lin Qi naturally understood the hidden workings behind the spread of such news, but hearing their confirmation still left him momentarily dazed.
Several months earlier, they had learned of the Cloud Summit Alliance's movements and confirmed that the otherworld truly contained spirit medicine capable of extending life. Yet they had never expected the alliance to obtain it just a