"Oh? The people from the Northwest have arrived."
"Three True Intent Cultivators escorting them? That's quite an entourage."
"They may only be three at the early stage of True Intent, but the fact that they dared travel this far so freely means the situation in the Northwest has largely been settled."
"I heard one of the cultivators in the Northwest Demon Extermination is a female moon-path cultivator with Golden Roll potential. She's from the Northwest Yang Clan too."
"I know her. Her title on the Heavenly Talent Ranking is Moonlight Female Immortal. They say she's also the companion cultivator of the official who made a name for himself at the Wind Chasing Ceremony."
"Oh? Is that so? Then we'll have to get a good look at her."
When the group reached the highest level of the Dao platform, they found two groups of cultivators already waiting before the fire pool.
At their arrival, cultivators on both sides began talking among themselves.
At the end of the path left open between the two groups stood a cultivator in white Daoist robes, facing the flames. Six True Intent Cultivators in different attire stood to either side of him.
Xue Qingluan and the other Path Seeking Realm cultivators stopped at a red line on the Dao platform.
Beyond it, the heat rolling off the fire pool could harm them. Until they mastered spatial Daoist Magic, it was best not to step in lightly.
Led by Bai Chuan, Jia Huarai and the other two continued forward. Bai Chuan stopped behind the white-robed cultivator and said, "Commander-in-Chief, the cultivators from the Northwest Demon Extermination have arrived."
At the sound of his voice, Luo Qianchou drew his gaze from the fire pool and turned to the three True Intent Cultivators from the Northwest with a faint