The spirit vein environment of Azure Peak Lake as a whole was roughly first-tier.
On the island at the center of the lake, there was also a second-tier spirit vein suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The Yu Household, which occupied Azure Peak Lake, had an ancestor at the Foundation Establishment early stage. With this Foundation Establishment Ancestor and the formidable fighting strength of several hundred Qi Refining cultivators in its lineage, the Yu Household had become the undisputed overlord for a thousand miles around.
Every cultivation family within that thousand-mile radius, large or small, had to follow the Yu Household's lead.
The Market Ward where Li Ping had stayed back when he was a rogue cultivator in Jiang Kingdom belonged to the Yu Household.
Come to think of it, Li Ping had quite a tangled history with the Yu Household.
The image of a lovely woman who liked wearing bright red robes flashed through his mind, and a touch of melancholy stirred in his heart.
But he soon shook his head and cast those memories aside. He had come here on business.
Li Ping took out a Sound Transmission Talisman, murmured a few words into it, then tossed it toward the island at the center of the lake. After that, he put away his flying shuttle and stood quietly in midair, waiting.
He did not have to wait long.
A gap suddenly opened in the formation shrouding the island below, and a streak of white escape light flew out. Before it arrived, a hearty voice reached him from far away.
"Hahaha! Which fellow Daoist has come to visit? Forgive me for not coming farther out to welcome you."
Whoosh!
The escape light landed before Li Ping and gradually solidified, revealing a scholarly middle-aged man in white robes.
At the sight