For an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, covering the vast distance of twenty thousand li required five days and nights of nonstop flight.
But for the Peregrine Spirit Ship, which could travel forty thousand li a day, half a day was enough.
The other sects' spirit ships were no lower in quality than the Peregrine Ship, so all five could easily reach a speed of forty thousand li a day.
With their movements deliberately coordinated, the five spirit ships arrived together at the Golden Capital of the Golden Kingdom. They discreetly withdrew their spiritual radiance and imposing auras, then landed on a third-tier spirit mountain outside the capital.
This mountain was named Empty Mulberry and was occupied by a local Golden Core Household, one of the few major powers in the Golden Kingdom.
Here, the Five Great Sects of Chu would negotiate with the cultivators from the Qi Kingdom over when to attack the Yan Kingdom.
Faced with a colossus like the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, even a Golden Core Household could only cooperate obediently, never daring to utter even half a word of refusal.
Otherwise, the cultivators aboard any one of the spirit ships could easily wipe out the entire lineage.
Upon arriving at Empty Mulberry Mountain, they found no grand welcoming ceremony, only eight or nine people scattered across the peak, waiting to receive them.
The auras of those at the front were unfathomable. Their bearing was extraordinary and their spirits radiant; one glance made it clear that cultivators from minor lineages or factions could not compare to them. These were the envoys and representatives from the Qi Kingdom.
The others stood two paces behind them with humble attitudes. One of their auras was also unfathomable. These were likely members of the local cultivation lineage, the Hua Household.
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