C38 (1/2)

”Master, please be at ease. I will definitely go see the Little Princess!”

His master had secretly sent the little princess to the proper sects to cultivate. It was not because he loathed the little princess, but because he did not want her to be like his master, a target of hatred and pursuit.

When he was first brought back to the sect, the little princess had yet to leave and had met him a few times. Not long after, she was secretly sent to the Hollow Jade Sect by her master.

He had heard from his master that when the little princess had entered the Hollow Jade Sect, she had been accepted by Wen Shu as a personal disciple because she had a rare top-grade Water Spirit Root.

”Un, pack your things and get ready to go down the mountain!”

”Remember, my dear disciple, don't try to be brave in the face of trouble. You must preserve your life and come back. I only have this disciple of mine …”

If it was before, Zhong Li would ask a genius if he was like an old lady, nagging endlessly.

Faced with his master's nagging and warning, Shentu Changsheng could not bear it and directly spoke out, interrupting him.

”Alright, Master!”

”Don't worry, I'll definitely be back in one piece!”

”Let's go!”

Looking at the departing back view of his beloved disciple, Zhong Li couldn't help but sigh.

”Haha, that brat from back then grew up!”

He had been waiting for his disciple to go down the mountain and cut the weeds at the roots. His beloved disciple had gone down the mountain, but Zhong Li Tian did not dare to send his disciple off with a big mouth, so he could only follow his disciple quietly and protect him from the shadows until he was safe.

”… …”

As the saying went, Fu Yun brought Chi Dan and Tian Ci into the small city. In less than two hours, he hurriedly left. This sort of scene had occurred countless times, and Tian Ci could no longer remember just how many times it had happened.

The city of Song was different from other cities. Spirit beasts could be seen everywhere. Scarlet Cores appearing in small cities was not unusual. The only thing that caused panic was its identity as a fake Demon King.

As the saying goes, a hooligan is not scary, but terrifying and uncultured.

The identity of a fake Demon King was already frightening enough, yet Chi Dan still dared to say he was filthy, like a mountain villager, and that made them even more intimidated.

With it, who would dare to ask about the future?

But then again, it wasn't easy for Heaven's Gift and Fuyun to make a living in the city without it, so they couldn't really blame it.

No one came to ask about the price of seashells, and there was no room and board for them. The two humans and one beast had to leave the small town and go out into the wild.

As they left the small city, they passed by many villages. Along the way, the villagers heard that Chi Dan had arrived. They closed their doors and refused to meet any guests, giving up any hope of staying the night.

”F * ck! If you don't let me in, I won't even go in!”

The villagers declined to entertain the guests, as this was not the first time they had encountered such a scene. Both Heaven's Gift and Fu Yun were in a good mood, and only Chi Dan grumbled about the villagers.

”Haha, you still have the nerve to complain? Isn't this all your fault!”

”I already warned you that you're not allowed to speak where there are people. You didn't listen and scared me away, right? Serves you right!”

Although it was a bit of a pity that he couldn't get a client, he was still very happy to see everyone avoiding the little pill and finally finding an opportunity to ridicule it.

With the protection of the Hollow Jade Sect, the Song City had a lot of cultivators. Other than a small number of cultivators, most of them belonged to foreign sects.

The foreign cultivators could be divided into two parts. One part was for the disciples who went out to gain experience, while the other part was for the rogue cultivators.

Rogue cultivators referred to cultivators who were not part of any sect.

These cultivators either had their sects destroyed or had no one to rely on. They either obtained cultivation methods by chance, betrayed the sect, or were abandoned by the sect.

Especially in the past ten years, the number of foreign cultivators had increased several times compared to the past. The origin of this phenomenon was 13 years ago.

Thirteen years ago, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky. The two races believed that a strange treasure had appeared in the world. They all gathered in the Sun Arising Forest, causing the destruction of the Shentu Clan.

After that, the ”Contract for the Peace between the Human and Demon Tribes” was abolished. The Demon God's Sect Master saved the remaining bloodline of the Shentu Clan and was chased by the righteous humans and the demons.

The end of the ”Contract for the Peace between the Human and Demon Tribes” had brought disaster to the entire world, and there were often attacks by Demon Beasts on cities and towns.

Within thirteen years, Shentu Changsheng had cultivated and urgently needed a large amount of blood essence. The Demon God's Sect also did not stop there and began to gather blood essence from both cultivators and demon beasts.

Because of this, all the cultivators of the world, in order to seek refuge, went to the cities under the protection of the large sects, causing the big cities under their protection to be packed with people.

Of the five great Immortal Sects, only the Hollow Jade Sect had the most cultivators under its jurisdiction.

The reason for this was simple. The Hollow Jade Sect had left behind hope for the cultivators, a hope to find Shentu Shun and a hope to become an immortal.

For the sake of this elusive hope, almost half of the rogue cultivators under the heavens came to visit.

For this elusive hope, no matter how big or small the sect was, they would send spies to hide in Song City.

For the sake of this elusive hope, the area under the jurisdiction of the Hollow Jade Sect had become the sect disciple's training ground of choice.