"Haha! So that's how it is!" Li Xiaoya grew rather pleased with himself. In all his years traveling, he had yet to meet a Core Condensation Stage cultivator who could match him, so naturally, he had nothing to fear. He laughed and said, "Then let's explore the Southwestern Ancient City before we head back!"
"Haha! Good! Junior Brother, let's set off right away!" Liu Qingshan said eagerly. "The Southwestern Ancient City is quite far from here! We'll have to hurry!"
"All right! Lead the way, Senior Brother Liu! I have no idea where it is!"
"Let's go!" Without another word, Liu Qingshan released his flying Dharma artifact and shot into the sky in a streak of white light. Li Xiaoya promptly released his own flying spiritual artifact, the Golden Light Sword, and caught up with him, heading southwest.
Although they were hurrying along, the two continued exchanging cultivation insights throughout the journey. They practiced different cultivation methods, but Liu Qingshan's mastery of the Talisman Refinement Art was far beyond Li Xiaoya's. He was already a peak fourth-tier talisman crafter, and he taught Li Xiaoya many talisman refinement secret arts and shared much of his experience. Li Xiaoya was no miser either. He directly passed on the Qi Condensation True Art that Feng Chenzi had taught him, leaving Liu Qingshan overjoyed. He kept saying that befriending Li Xiaoya had certainly been worthwhile.
The closer they drew to the Southwestern Ancient City, the more cultivators they encountered traveling in the same direction. Clearly, many hoped to find an opportunity there. Generally speaking, ancient cultivators' perilous sites that could be entered at any time offered pitifully slim chances of finding anything good, precisely because people could visit them whenever they wished. The Southwestern Ancient City was different, however. No cultivator had entered it