After they took their seats, Song Changsheng remarked with some emotion, "It's only been a few years since we parted ways in Ling Province, yet we've both become Foundation Establishment Cultivators. People would hardly believe it if we told them."
"Yes. Back then, a single Blood Demon at the Foundation Establishment Realm was enough to drive us to desperation," Zhuang Yuechan said with a wistful sigh. Due to her special status, she rarely had the chance to leave the mountain to gain experience.
Even when she could leave, it was usually with her elders or senior brothers and sisters; she had never ventured out alone to gain experience.
Exploring that ancient grotto-mansion with Song Changsheng's group was her first time leaving the mountain by herself, and the first time she had ever felt her life was truly in danger.
