Star Ridge.
This area was still part of Yuzhou, albeit an extremely remote region. Between the endless mountain ranges lay fertile plains rich with Spiritual Qi, dotted with numerous cities and towns.
In a mid-sized city on a plain near the main mountain peak, the streets were teeming with pedestrians and bustling with traffic.
Cultivators could also be seen here, and in considerable numbers, but there were no public Marketplaces. Certain secret, underground trading posts could only be entered with an insider as a guide.
At the city's center, in a dark cavern a thousand feet underground, layers of Array Restrictions provided Shielding so formidable that even experts at the Void Refinement Realm would find it difficult to infiltrate.
Over ten figures, each exuding a powerful aura, sat in silence, waiting patiently.
