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Somewhere among the boundless sands, a massive floating island loomed. It was entirely separate from the ground below, yet it was as if it were rooted deep within the earth. No matter how the desert winds howled or the dunes shifted, it remained unmoved.
On this particular day, a streak of light shot across the horizon. Several cultivators from the Four-Sect Alliance were patrolling nearby. Upon seeing the approaching figure, one of them stepped forward and called out, "Who goes there? Do you have a token?"
"I do," came the raspy reply.
A dark wooden token flickered briefly in the air. The guards focused their gazes on the black-robed figure whose face was concealed by a large hood, and their expressions immediately turned respectful.
"Please, enter!"
The man gave a slight nod and continued forward, stepping calmly onto the Golden Sand Floating Island. Behind him, one of the patrol cultivators whispered, "Captain, why didn't we verify his identity? What if he's a spy?"
The captain shot him a glare. "You blind fool. Didn't you recognize that token? Only Golden Core Adepts carry it. That man is a Golden Core elder from one of the Four Sects!"
The cultivator froze. "But… he didn't have the aura of a Golden Core cultivator…"
"If someone of that level lets you feel their cultivation, are they even worthy of the title Adept?" the captain snapped. "Idiot. Go patrol somewhere else!"
The rebuke echoed faintly in the distance. The black-robed cultivator heard every word, but he didn't react in the slightest. The token Fairy Ruthless gave me is more useful than I imagined. So far, I've barely been questioned.
He had returned alone. Wang Yuan was no longer by his side. Truth be told, Wang Yuan had wanted to come along. But Luo Chen had talked him out of it, urging him to return directly to Tianlan...
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