After the Foundation Establishment ceremony ended.
Bai Lin asked to stay at High Ridge Mountain until after the New Year before returning to Immortal Peach Mountain, and Li Ping agreed.
He then left Yan Hengchuan enough cultivation resources for several years and ordered Ji Shuxuan to return to Immortal City alone.
As for Li Ping himself, he was in no hurry to return.
Instead, at Cheng Yao's earnest invitation, he joined Zhang Tie, Gu Musheng, and the others on a visit to the Wang Family at Rosy Cloud Mountain.
Inside the Floating Shadow Shuttle as it sped through the air.
The five sworn siblings of the Shared Boat Association and Wang Xingwei, six Foundation Establishment cultivators in all, sat cross-legged and chatted. They shared common interests.
Zhang Tie oversaw logistics for Immortal City, while Gu Musheng was a steward of the Ten Thousand Arts Pavilion, responsible for trade at the city's largest shop.
As the heads of their respective Foundation Establishment immortal clans, Bai Qing and Wang Xingwei needed to sell the unique resources produced on their lineages' spirit lands in Immortal City in exchange for other cultivation resources.
With Zhang Tie and Gu Musheng looking out for them, they could undoubtedly avoid a great deal of trouble when trading.
Meanwhile, Zhang Tie and Gu Musheng could gain certain benefits from these dealings while fulfilling their own duties.
Why not?
After half a day of discussion aboard the Floating Shadow Shuttle, the five soon formed an alliance with Li Ping as their witness.
Li Ping merely smiled without commenting.
He had originally thought that once everyone in the Shared Boat Association achieved Foundation Establishment, it would lose its specific purpose, its original character would slowly fade, and everyone would eventually forget it.
He had not expected this.
Without needing any