When noon approached, three cultivators stopped in the middle of a wasteland in the sky that was filled with tall weeds. They seemed to be looking for something.
These three cultivators were all in the Heavenly Axis Realm. The highest one was an old man in his fifties. He wore a yellow robe and had a very honest face. There were some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He was in the 3rd level of the Refinement Realm.
The other two were at the first level of the Refinement Realm, and they were both in their twenties, clad in green robes. The faces of these two young men were somewhat similar, both had square faces with thick eyebrows and big eyes. One of them was a bit burly, about two to three years older, and looked like a brother.
At the moment, these three cultivators were in the plains, and they were at least three to four thousand miles away from the sky. The weather was sunny at the moment, but one couldn't see any traces of the sky.
With the cultivation bases of these three cultivators, they were extremely dangerous in this wasteland that was so far away from the vault of the heavens.
These three cultivators seemed to be very clear of this point, and their expressions were very nervous. The two azure-robed young cultivators had their heads lowered as they carefully searched the underbrush. As for the fifty-plus year old yellow-robed old man, he wasn't far away from the two of them, vigilantly looking around. At the same time, he was holding a silver hook magic treasure and a red copper square shield.
"Uncle Chen, I found a stalk!"
Suddenly, the youngest young man cheered and raised his body. In his left hand was an emerald green plant with only three leaves.
The leaves of this plant were similar to normal grass, but it looked much brighter. It should also be a spiritual herb that could be used to refine something.
"Alright!"
The yellow-robed elder who seemed to be extremely loyal immediately had an excited expression on his face, "Quickly, keep it well."
"Alright, Uncle Chen" The young man immediately took out a wooden box and carefully opened it, placing it inside.
"I still have five left. Hopefully, I can finish harvesting them by today. That way, I won't have to come here tomorrow." The other young man looked very excited as well, and he began to search the surrounding grass in an even more serious manner.
"Uncle Chen …" Just at that time, the young man who just installed the spiritual medicine was preparing to continue searching for that spiritual medicine, but suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he saw the yellow-robed old man's body suddenly freeze.
This young man felt something was wrong and when he turned around, his face immediately changed.
Behind them on the left, less than a hundred meters away, were two cultivators.
One of the two cultivators wore a green magic robe and had a sallow complexion. The other cultivator wore an ordinary yellow robe with pockmarks all over his face.
They didn't even need to carefully sense that the three cultivators could tell that this sallow faced and pock faced cultivator's cultivation levels were far above theirs.
"Fellow Daoists, don't worry. We're just asking for some information along the way. There's nothing malicious about it." Just as the three of them were feeling alarmed and their bodies unconsciously stiffened, the sallow faced cultivator suddenly said this to Yan Yue.
"Senior, what do you want to ask? Just ask." Hearing the waxen faced cultivator say this, the yellow-robed elder and the two youths let out sighs of relief.
"The closest one to here should be Gray Moth City?" The sallow faced cultivator continued to ask Yan Yue, "It has been over twenty days since my companion and I have returned to the heavens. I wonder if any major events have occurred in the cities near Graymoth City?"
"Senior, the closest city to this one is Graymoth City. We're about five thousand kilometers away from here." The yellow-robed elder immediately thought, and replied without any hesitation: "Speaking of the recent major event, it's said that near the Eagle Mountain there are a lot of remains of ancient ruins, causing many cultivators to fight over them, and many cultivators even perished in there. As for the vicinity of Gray Moth City, if one were to say that it was an important matter … "It seems that ever since the ruins of the ancient ruins landed on the Eagle Mountain, there have been a few high leveled cultivators scouting the area outside the city."
"Are there any cultivators with high cultivation in the surrounding cities? What about the other cities? " The sallow faced cultivator and the pock faced cultivator looked at each other, "Who are those cultivators?"
"Because we are usually only near the Grey Moth City and we don't know what the other cities are like, we don't even know the identities of these cultivators. However, it seems that some of the cultivators with high cultivations in large sects are extremely wary of them and do not dare to defy them. " The yellow-robed old man looked at the sallow faced cultivator and the pock faced cultivator and said, "We only know that there are quite a few of these cultivators. Basically, every time we return from the sky, all of the cultivators that pass by the city will be stopped and investigated.
The sallow faced and pock faced cultivators frowned slightly. Then, their lips moved slightly, as if they were speaking to each other through voice transmission.
After that, the waxen faced cultivator looked at the yellow-robed elder and the two young men who were still afraid to even breathe, afraid of provoking any sort of trouble, and continued, "You are the cultivators of Gray Moth City? "Did you come here to collect some spiritual medicine?"
"The three of us are all cultivators of Graymoth City. We are here to gather the Three Leaves Little Spirit Grass." The yellow-robed elder didn't dare to hide anything as he replied.
"Since that's the case, how about we make a deal?" The sallow faced cultivator said without making a sound.
"I wonder what kind of deal senior would like to make with us?" The yellow-robed elder and the two youths' faces both changed slightly.
"Don't worry, this deal is very simple." The sallow faced cultivator could see the fear in the three cultivators' eyes and smiled, "I just want you to tell us your true identities from the very beginning, and then find a safer place to stay for thirty days before returning to Graymoth City. If you want spirit stones or magic tools, you can make the conditions."
"Senior, you mean …" The yellow-robed old man was stunned. His eyes immediately flashed with an extremely bewildered expression.
"Since it's a deal, I don't want to hide anything from you. There are many enemies between the two of us, so perhaps those cultivators that are investigating might be our enemies. "We have some disguising magic techniques, so we want to borrow your identities for a while to get through these investigations." The waxen faced cultivator glanced at the yellow-robed elder, "This act shouldn't hinder any of you. In any case, if you return in thirty days, it might not be the same cultivator who checks you out, and even if it was, he wouldn't suspect you at all, as you all could have naturally left the world and returned."
"This …" The yellow-robed elder and the two youths glanced at each other. They seemed to want to say something, but they stopped.
"I can guarantee that I won't mistreat you with spirit stones and magic tools. Moreover, if I use my strength, I can leave you in one place for thirty days. I just don't want to do this." The sallow faced cultivator glanced at the yellow-robed elder and the two youths.
"Senior!" According to senior's suggestion, this kind of transaction is naturally only beneficial to us, but we do have another reason for doing so. " The yellow-robed elder immediately gave an explanation with a bitter smile, "Otherwise, with our cultivation, how would we dare come this far to gather this kind of spiritual medicine?"
"If you have something to say, just say it." The sallow faced cultivator looked at the yellow-robed elder.
"We were forced to come here to collect this spiritual medicine." The yellow-robed elder hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "A great cultivator captured one of our comrades, and made us work for him, otherwise we would have to deal with that companion of ours. Next, we must collect a certain amount of spiritual medicine and give it to that great cultivator, after that, he might even help us do other things.
"The Great Cultivator captured your comrade? The great cultivator you are talking about, is he an Aurous Core stage cultivator? How did your companion end up in his hands? " The sallow faced cultivator and the pock faced cultivator both revealed looks of surprise.
"The great cultivator we are talking about is indeed an Aurous Core stage cultivator. That great cultivator's name is Daoist Master Golden Sparrow. We didn't anger him in any way, and just happened to be passing by and was met by him. In the end, we had to work for him." Now that the yellow-robed old man had spoken, the two youths' faces were filled with anger and helplessness.
"This Adept Golden Sparrow is a rogue cultivator?" From what you're saying, he isn't from Graymoth City, but he has a cave mansion in the skies above him? " The waxen-faced cultivator's eyes lit up as he asked.
"His cave abode is on Golden Sparrow Hawk Mountain, about two thousand kilometers away from here on the way to Graymoth City." The yellow-robed old man replied.
"Oh? So it's still along the way. " The waxen faced cultivator laughed, then asked, "What level of Jindan is this Golden Sparrow Daoist Master at?"
"First level of the Aurous Core stage." A trace of surprise flashed across the yellow-robed elder's eyes.
"If that's the case, then take us to meet this Golden Falcon." The sallow faced cultivator nodded, "If that companion of yours hadn't died in his hands, I will make him hand it over."
"Senior, can you help us get that companion of ours?" The yellow-robed elder and the two young men trembled before shaking their heads in alarm. "But he is a Jindan Stage expert."
"How is it, do you want to bet or not?" However, before they could finish their words, they were interrupted by the sallow faced cultivator. "If you wish to gamble, then bring us to the Golden Pier. If you do not, then we will leave by ourselves. You guys continue to help him gather spirit medicine."
"I bet!"
Seeing that the sallow faced cultivator had just finished his sentence, the yellow-robed old man indifferently turned around and seemed to be preparing to leave. He clenched his teeth and shouted, seemingly exerting all his strength.
"Then let's go. Since you are able to reach this place, you should have flying magic treasures as well." The waxen faced cultivator smiled faintly, as if his answer was within his expectations.
"We do have flying magic treasures." When the yellow-robed old man heard the waxen faced cultivator's words, he immediately slapped his storage pouch, producing an emerald green, swathe-like magic treasure. That's right. "After picking up the two young cultivators and starting to lead the way, the yellow-robed elder seemed to recall something and said," Speaking of big matters, I didn't expect it to be that big of a deal. A great cultivator had angered the True Martial Sect's young master and had been captured by him. He had suppressed Mo Yulin and said that he would use his primordial flames to slowly burn a day's worth of time. Then, he would kill him and refine a magic treasure. At that time, it will also publicly announce it to the public, allowing people to watch. "