Chapter 5877

Chen Ping answered carefully, “I come from the Tenth Heaven. I’m a rogue cultivator—no fixed master.”

“I came to Chiyan City to look for a material called Earth-Center Chalcedony Milk to save someone. As for joining the escort mission, partly it’s for the reward, and partly to use this opportunity to get in touch with the Earth Fire Pavilion and gather information.”

He didn’t fully conceal the truth, but he didn’t reveal everything either.

The pursuit by the Evil Dao Hall was not something he could disclose for now.

“Earth-Center Chalcedony Milk?”

Huo Ling’er’s eyes lit up. “That’s a legendary treasure. It comes from the deepest part of the Lava Demon Abyss, and it takes ten thousand years just to condense a single drop. Who are you trying to save, that you’d need something like this?”

“A senior Dao companion whose body is on the verge of collapse,” Chen Ping explained simply. “Without it, their vitality can’t be stabilized.”