Inside an elegant chamber aboard a massive pleasure barge.
Lin Changheng nearly brushed shoulders with two cultivators, a man and a woman.
Their auras were exceptionally deep and powerful, without the slightest concealment. Lin Changheng needed no real probing to know that both were Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators.
The beautiful female cultivator, dressed in sumptuous Palace Dress with her hair piled high, was actually someone Lin Changheng had met once before.
He had seen her at the auction held when a new market ward opened under the Azure Firmament Sect's jurisdiction.
Back then, however, she had been accompanied by a retinue of late-stage Foundation Establishment guards. Her imposing entourage had made people afraid even to look directly at her.
At the time, Lin Changheng had tried to compete with her for a Prairie-Blazing Pill, which could help a second-tier spirit beast break through, intending it for Xiao Bai, who was preparing to advance. In return, her guards had cast threatening looks his way.
He could only abandon the bidding with a wry smile.
A wise man knew which way the wind blew. Lin Changheng was a lone wolf and had only been at middle-stage Foundation Establishment then. How could he have faced a pack of late-stage Foundation Establishment guards as fierce as wolves and tigers, along with a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator?
Lin had guessed then that the woman's status was exalted beyond measure and that she must possess no shortage of treasures and tricks. He had no choice but to withdraw.
Otherwise, he might have been slaughtered and burned to ashes, leaving not even bones to be found.
He had never expected to encounter her again aboard a pleasure barge in Extreme Mountain Immortal City.
Of course, Lin Changheng had changed his appearance countless times. She would not-and could