Morning mist hung thin as the rising sun climbed into the sky.
Moon Gazing Lake was draped in a gauzy veil of mist. Against the morning sun, it refracted seven-colored rosy light, dreamlike and illusory.
After completing his daily cultivation, Qin Ming stepped out of his cave abode.
After the Golden Core ceremony ended, all manner of strange tales from that day on Moon Gazing Island began circulating once more throughout the Immortal Cultivation World of Wei Kingdom.
What people spoke of most eagerly was how Golden Core Ancestors from four kingdoms had come to offer their congratulations, lending the grand occasion immense splendor.
That alone was enough to show the importance and influence Qin Ming, this newly advanced Golden Core Cultivator, held among the various powers.
Naturally, this excluded the Soaring Cloud Sect, which was currently invading Wei Kingdom.
Yet what shocked the cultivators most was Old Ancestor Qingxuan of Profound Stream Valley coming personally, along with the arrival of an envoy from the Nascent Soul sect, Li Fire Palace.
These explosive topics quickly spread to other regions of the Immortal Cultivation World.
As a result, the reputation of "Moon Gazing Adept" rose to heights that later generations would struggle to reach. He was even praised as the most inspiring legendary cultivator in the Immortal Cultivation World of Wei Kingdom in several centuries.
Qin Ming walked outside his cave abode and sat on a stone bench beneath the spirit peach tree, then summoned the Devouring Sky Rat over.
The Devouring Sky Rat was drooling as it watched Wu Jiang tally and verify the congratulatory gifts received at the ceremony.
Upon hearing Qin Ming summon it, it immediately jolted awake and came before him.
"Hehehe! Master, what matter do you have for me?"
Qin Ming immediately took a Golden Core