As the saying went, there was no banquet in this world that never ended. Even if Elder Wu personally saw them off, he could at most escort them to Liuyun Lake—he absolutely would not go another half-li. And once they left Liuyun Lake? Could it be that those soul cultivators and swordsmen would stop pursuing them? They could not possibly remain forever beneath Elder Wu's wings in Houtu Village!
"What should we do?" Xiao Hua looked down at the vast Million Meng Mountain beneath the Bone Phoenix and could not help frowning.
When Xiao Hua's gaze swept across the parched cliffs, his brows rose. Smiling, he said, "Senior, this junior has lingered in Houtu Village for many days and has received Senior's generous favor, as well as Ji Man and Zi Ming's hospitality. I am deeply grateful. Now that this junior is leaving Houtu Village and Million Meng Mountain, I am rather reluctant to part with them. I would like to make a small trade with Elder Wu and offer a small gift to the witch villages under Houtu Village's jurisdiction. Does Senior have any interest?"
"Oh?" Elder Wu turned his head slightly and said with a smile, "Go on, let this old man hear it. If it suits me, I can naturally make a trade with you, young friend!"
"Hehe~" Xiao Hua narrowed his eyes and smiled. "This junior once obtained a jade slip in Xi Kingdom. It recorded a Soul Cultivation Technique capable of reaching Spirit Cleansing Heaven. Of course, this junior knows that the human-tier technique is the lowest tier in Million Meng Mountain. Even the so-called human, earth, heaven, and saint tiers were classifications forcibly imposed upon soul cultivators and shamans by Dao Sect seniors, using the cultivation realms of our Dao Sect as reference."
"Oh?