Though the Golden Core elders did not explicitly say a beast tide was certain to erupt, their conversation implied much the same.
After all, this incident was far too abnormal.
Demon beast unrest had not broken out in just one kingdom or region. Almost every kingdom bordering the Hengduan Mountain Range had experienced it.
Liu Yu had spent these past years in seclusion and knew little of these developments, so he rarely interjected when the conversation turned to the "beast tide."
With the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner for offense and the Golden Jade Ring for defense, supplemented by the divine ability Wither, I finally possess genuine golden core level strength.
Still, I need to hurry with refining my Life-bound Treasure.
The Azure Yang Art only contains the first eight levels, too. Once I reach the golden core middle stage, there's nothing beyond that.
I need to find the remaining levels.
He listened to their conversation without betraying anything, all manner of thoughts flashing through his mind.
Time gradually passed, and more and more cultivators gathered on Greenstar Peak. Including those at the foot of the mountain, a rough estimate put their numbers at over a thousand.
And that was only because Liu Yu had chosen not to make the celebration an extravagant affair.
Otherwise, if he had thrown a lavish celebration and invited the smaller lineages under the Sects' rule, doubling or tripling that number would have been no trouble.
Indeed, quite a few cultivators chose to celebrate extravagantly after forming their cores.
After all, newly advanced Golden Core cultivators were often short of funds. Holding a Golden Core Ceremony and collecting spirit stones was one way to remedy that, was it not?
Three double-hours later, Yan Kai came in to report that almost all the cultivators attending the celebration had