Chapter 865 - 479: Gathering
Returning to his cave dwelling, Li Shiming cultivated while organizing all his travel notes.
The travel notes did not mention the Stepping Cloud Jade Token, and he could not ask a cultivator about it. If he did, he would surely arouse suspicion.
The Stepping Cloud Jade Token, closely guarded by a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, would bring immense trouble if any news of it leaked.
In this unfamiliar land, without a firm backing, he dared not recklessly invite trouble.
Ten days later, he received a message from Wang Fan. The gathering would be held three days from now at a pavilion near the mountaintop.
Time passed swiftly. Three days later, Li Shiming arrived at the pavilion to find seven late-stage Golden Core cultivators already present.
"Master Li!"
"Master Li!"
The two greetings sounded almost simultaneously, one naturally from Wang Fan, the other from Baodan Pavilion’s Yu An.
Among the seven late-stage Golden Core cultivators, Li Shiming discovered he knew three: Wang Fan, Yu An, and Master Wei from the Ten Thousand Books Pavilion.
"Li Shizhen greets fellow cultivators. I’m sorry for arriving late!" Li Shiming nodded in acknowledgment to Wang Fan and Yu An before bowing to the late-stage Golden Core cultivators.
Master Wei wanted to greet him but realized he didn’t know what kind of master Li Shiming was, leaving him momentarily stunned.