Lu Chang'sheng had scored big this time. Dozens of Pile Skills seemed to have undergone some kind of secret transformation, and his Five Treasures True Qi, which had already reached perfection, now showed signs of advancing even further.
"Just one more step, and I'll reach the Innate realm!"
Lu Chang'sheng thought to himself.
"Tomorrow's the day of the Martial Artist Council meeting. I wonder if anyone will actually show up this time."
Ever since war broke out in Black Mountain Prefecture, these Council gatherings hadn't had much to do with him.
Still, a few days after each meeting, someone would swing by to pass him a message—though lately, they kept getting later and later.
The Council was rooted in Black Mountain Prefecture, and now that war had engulfed the place, their news just couldn't get out very easily.
"Guess I'll go check it out!"
He glanced at the exotic beast, the White Ape, lurking nearby, then grabbed his spear and leapt into the woods, vanishing from sight.
