The sound of hoofbeats rang out.
A faint, magnificent glow blossomed on the horizon.
Soon, under everyone's startled, uncertain gazes,
the radiant clouds unfurled.
A carriage came riding through the air.
Feng Bao's eyesight was astonishing. At a glance, he saw the four horses before the carriage, each with a strangely shaped head, a high, bulging forehead, eyes like bronze bells, jaws like an alligator's, and two long whiskers streaming in the wind.
The driver was struggling to control the four horses.
"Whoa-"
"Are those dragon horses?!"
Feng Bao could not help exclaiming under his breath.
"No, they have no horns. They should be Hybrid Chi Horses."
"Judging by their presence, they should be middle-grade third-tier beasts..."
True Person Yan spoke gravely, then looked past the driver, who seemed rather unpracticed, and fixed his gaze on the carriage's white gauze curtain.
He seemed to want to see through the gauze and make out the figure inside.
Wang Tang of the Xuli Sect, the cultivator surnamed Xu, and the others all looked wary and guarded.
Zhang Yunlong of the Danlong Gate also grew solemn.
An unfamiliar being, seemingly a Gold Core True Person, had appeared out of nowhere. None dared underestimate them.
Yet Wang Ba and Wen Yong, standing among the crowd, froze the instant they saw the driver.
They could scarcely believe their eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Li Ji?"
This driver was none other than the second-tier artifact refiner surnamed Li who had refined a second-tier Spirit Chef law artifact for Wang Ba.
Not long ago, he had enjoyed a pleasant conversation with Wang Ba, even generously teaching him crucial knowledge about artifact refining.
After escorting Wang Ba to White Cloud Flat, he had left alone. Before leaving, they had exchanged addresses and Voice Transmission Talismans, agreeing that he would come