Under a cloudless sky, Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong flew side by side toward the northeast. After the so-called Three Peach Blossom Heroes told them about recent events in the Cultivation World and their current location, they declined the trio's enthusiastic invitation to stay and departed. The three were so hospitable only because Li Xiaoya had obtained far too many treasures in the Southwestern Ancient City and had given each of them a Dharma Artifact as payment. They were overjoyed, and even entertained the idea of becoming his disciples. But Li Xiaoya had no intention of taking on such burdens and refused them on the spot.
However, the three had very low cultivation. Though they knew something about events in the surrounding Cultivation World, most of it was unimportant. One matter did catch Li Xiaoya's attention: over the past few years, several cultivation lineages in the Liang Kingdom had been massacred to the last member. The major sects had all sent people to track down and investigate the culprit. This was a major event that had shaken the Cultivation World throughout the Liang Kingdom and its neighboring countries. Despite their low cultivation, the three knew quite a bit about it.
Furthermore, they were not currently in the Liang Kingdom, but in the Qingyang Kingdom, a great nation to its northwest. Unlike the Liang Kingdom, this country was chiefly governed by Demon Ghost Cliff, a major Demonic Path sect that was also one of the Twelve Great Sects. The mention of Demon Ghost Cliff reminded Li Xiaoya of the bizarre creatures its disciples had summoned at Spiritlight Lake, and their astonishing summoning battle against Beast Spirit Valley. The memory sent shivers through him-not because he feared Demon Ghost Cliff, but because those demonic insects and corpse worms truly made his hair