Linshui City lay eight thousand li from Xuanqing Temple. It was a city established by Rogue Cultivators. At first, some Rogue Cultivators had built it as a temporary foothold to make exchanging their gains more convenient. As its popularity steadily rose, powerful Rogue Cultivators gradually banded together and formed an alliance called "Drifting." They began turning the place into a city, and their alliance headquarters was set within it as well. They were unfettered and unrestrained, but whenever trouble arose, alliance members would unite as one against outsiders. As a result, many Rogue Cultivators came flocking here by reputation and joined them. Still, the Drifting Alliance did not accept just anyone. Those with notorious reputations, or those hunted by the four great sects, were barred from entry. They remained quite wary of the four great sects; otherwise, they could not have grown so strong.
Linshui City was quite large, spanning roughly thirty li in every direction. It contained markets and shops, and even some sects and lineages had established outposts here. Thus, people came and went every day, making the city exceptionally lively. For that very reason, Xuanqing Temple had also spent a vast sum to purchase a plot of land in the city and construct a teleportation array, making it easier for cultivators here to travel between marketplaces.
Li Yan only felt dizzy and lightheaded. It was as though he had passed through an endless stretch of space and time, yet it also seemed to have lasted no more than an instant. The white halo before his eyes gradually faded, and the sensations in his body returned to normal.
Li Yan had experienced this feeling several times a few months ago. Some of them had been even more severe than this, to the point that, despite his cultivation, he