Chapter 570: Meeting
Li Qinghong arrived at Splitreed Island discreetly. She first went to Azure Pond Sect's marketplace, where she spent some time searching for a restaurant to gather information.
After a few detailed inquiries, she eventually learned that the Azure Pond Sect's cultivator serving as the town guard of this place was named Ning Heyuan.
This person!
Li Qinghong vaguely remembered this descendant of the Ning Family. Years ago, while she was cultivating on Mount Yuting, Ning Heyuan had passed through. He had pretended to be a rogue cultivator and challenged her to a spar. His mastery over techniques and spells was formidable, and he had a rather arrogant personality.
She continued to ask about the strange natural phenomena but found no one with knowledge of it. Every time she brought up the topic of the darkened sky in the region, the Eastern Sea cultivators only guessed that something huge had happened, yet none knew the cause of these strange phenomena.
"It seems like this information is known only to the Purple Mansion Realm cultivators and their trusted allies... It'll likely take more than a year for this to spread."
Li Qinghong circled the marketplace, piecing together the information she managed to gather.
Looks like the True Monarch from the Yue Cultivating Sect was behind that… I wonder if he has any fruition attainment... The Yue Cultivating Sect is said to be the strongest out of the three sects, so this True Monarch must be quite a figure.
If it weren't for the Talisman Seed protecting me, I'd probably have forgotten about the scene I just witnessed... After all, those below Purple Mansion Realm are not even qualified to know about that! No wonder I haven't heard of any Golden Core Realm cultivators's activities in years. Even if a lower-ranked cultivator had seen them, they would probably forget the encounter.