Amid the towering mountains of Kunlun's ancestral range.
A streak of silvery-white escape light sped through the air. Li Ping stood atop his Flying Boat, gazing ahead with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Not long before, the Yao Household's Golden Core Ceremony had concluded successfully.
After the cultivator surnamed Su revealed Li Ping's identity as a third-tier middle-grade master pill refiner, he had unquestionably become the center of attention in the hall.
He had been even more sought after than Bai Yaoyue, the Core Formation late-stage fairy renowned far and wide for her beauty.
The Core Formation Cultivators all knew the score.
Fawning over Fairy Bai would get them nowhere. Even if their tongues blossomed with lotus flowers, they would never have a chance to dual cultivate with her.
But fawning over Master Yan was different. Master Yan was a third-tier middle-grade master pill refiner.
As long as they pleased Master Yan and left an impression on him, that goodwill would come in handy when they asked him to refine pills in the future.
Even Bai Yaoyue herself had become considerably gentler toward Li Ping, referring to herself as "this humble lady" at every turn.
After all, who could say she would never need his help someday?
"If they knew I wasn't a third-tier middle-grade pill refiner, but a fourth-tier low-grade pill refiner..." Li Ping shook his head and pulled himself out of his thoughts.
Seeing that he was already tens of thousands of li from Cold Emerald Lake, he waved his hand and put away the Flying Boat. His face and build then rapidly shifted into Li Jingyu's appearance.
Next, enormous blood wings unfurled behind him. With a slight flap, he turned into a streak of blood and shot away from Heavenly Dao City.
When he stopped again,