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v2c92.3: Change part 3.
🕑 Added 2022-02-05 23:00:06 +0000 UTCThe good mood after our little celebration was short-lived. Early the following morning the Shrouded Mountain Sect’s chariot came back.
The disciples of the Shrouded Mountain Sect looked like death warmed over as they showed me the barrel that they had collected. The corpse inside was disgusting, but they had found the body and that was the important part. Then they requested we exchange Yingwen for two more of their number. Yingwen was apparently the most familiar with the Elders, and the eldest, so he would be the one to give their report.
It had taken some negotiation to settle on the official story. About an hour of me standing with my arms crossed and either nodding or shaking my head. Zang Li, tired of the Azure Hills, had wandered off without an escort to Yellow Rock Plateau where he was slain by a Demonic Cultivator. A wandering cultivator witnessed this atrocity and slayed the demonic cultivator in retaliation. Originally they wanted to say it was the noble Cloudy Sword Sect who had done it, but the less things that could get them involved the better.
It was a coverup, a blatant one that only worked if everybody agreed to it, but what could we do? Shouting to the world that the Shrouded Mountain Sect had completely missed a demonic cultivator after being warned the first time? It would completely trash their reputation and credibility.
Easy to see why Yingwen wanted to avoid that. But why would I want that? Blackmail.
Or at least the threat of blackmail. To a sect, reputation was all consuming. Anything that could damage the aura of righteousness built up around the Shrouded Mountain Sect was a threat. It was like a gun to the head.
They were cultivators, so their first reaction would probably be to try to kill whatever threatened them. A peasant who knew a dirty secret would quickly become a dead peasant.
But I wasn’t a peasant.
I didn’t know if a Shrouded Mountain Sect Elder could kill me. I knew I was strong. I didn’t know how strong, still, but people in the Profound Realm don’t immediately capitulate and start serving you tea unless you can splatter them across the landscape.
If they couldn’t remove the threat… well, then they would have to play nice. My presence would force them to the table. They would honour their agreements, lest something unpleasant leaked out.
It was a dangerous game.
All I could do was wait as the carriage pulled by blue swirling spirits in the shape of six-legged horses sped away. Wait and hope.
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“This is a mess, is it not?” Jian Chongyun, Elder of the Shrouded Mountain Sect, asked pleasantly. His companion did not answer verbally. He absently raised his hand as a lightning bolt lashed out, deflecting it and shaking out the charge. He raised an eyebrow reproachfully at the woman beside him, a murderous aura around her body so intense that the poor disciple Yingwen had fallen unconscious after delivering his report.
Zang Shenhe’s face was completely steady, even as lightning sparked and crackled around her. Her blonde hair rose like a halo around her head and her storm-grey eyes were burning with rage. She wore intricate dark robes punctuated by electric blue sashes, trimmed with fox fur collars, the regalia of an Elder, untouched by the raging lightning. A testament to her control.
Chongyun flattened some of his hair, which was rising up through the static fury that was pouring off his fellow Elder. Though she had not been especially close to Zang Li, she had cared for the boy in her own way. She saw in Zang Li’s struggles with his cultivation, the injury that had stunted his growth, a parallel journey to her own troubles. The blood of the Arch Traitor Wen flowed in her veins, and she had had to prove herself a hundred times more than any other just to show that she was not like the one who had betrayed them all to the foxes.
There was a soft cough from one of their servants. An Inquisitor, one who examined the mind and body for the fox’s corruption shuffled forward. His body was encased in black clothing and his face covered completely by black cloth. The man stepped away from the barrel that contained their once disciple’s remains and held his hands raised in front of him, bowing his head.
“Report.” Shenhe ground out, her normally soft and musical voice rumbling like thunder.
“It has been hollowed out for quite some time, Honoured Elders.” The aged man stated immediately. “This one has not seen this manner of possession before, though it bears some resemblance to the body-eater techniques told of in the restricted scrolls. Such things were supposedly rendered extinct thousands of years ago during the Blood Arts Purge.”
Chongyun frowned. That was most concerning. “So it was an imposter the whole time?” He asked, clarifying.
The inquisitor bowed again. “As far as this one can tell, yes. The formations speak true. Young Master Zang Li was lost to us near a year ago, his soul tortured and his body devoured.”
There was silence. Abruptly, the sparks around Shenhe stilled. The scent of blood filled the room as she bit down on her lip, forcefully calming herself.
“From the beginning, Inquisitor. Everything you and your fellow have found.” Shenhe commanded, blood dripping down her lip. The Inquisitor had been part of the flurry of activity that had taken place, ever since the first emergency transmission. As such he would be well placed to report the details to the two Elders.
The Inquisitor bowed a third time and cleared his throat.
“Zang Li. Youngest Son of the Zang Clan. Inheritor of the Fulmination Meridians and Fulmination Bloodline. Noticeably slow cultivation growth. Two years ago, he finally broke into the Profound Realm. After this accomplishment he requested a leave of absence, ostensibly to gather resources for his continued advancement. It was granted as par for the course.” The Inquisitor recited. “He travelled north east towards Blackfire Fang City. He was there for several days, then left north towards the Sea of Snow.”
“Why was he in the Azure Hills then? Did no one find it worthy of investigation?” Elder Shenhe asked.
“Verdant Hill, the town where he was found, is northernmost in the Hills…” the Inquisitor said lightly. Chongyun knew what he was implying.
“He was taken by a Howl?” It was a name for the fearsome windstorms generated by the Northern Tempest.
“Yes, Elder. While most aren't blown quite that far, there are those who are blown into the milder climes near the Azure Hills. Most attempt to return immediately once the snows and winds die down, but they are usually on missions and thus bound to leave. It was plausible that one on personal leave simply decided to explore, which was this imposter’s story when asked upon it.”
Elder Shenhe said nothing, though Chongyun could feel her seething rage.
“In this town, as the Elders know, he was defeated by an unknown cultivator and deemed an Imposter for being too weak. Zang Li claimed to have been attacked without provocation… though this was not examined too closely. The boy lost and shamed the Sect, thus he was confined and ridiculed by the Inner Disciples. There is a report that there were two others with him, but Outrider Jian had them disposed of for shaming the Sect.” The Inquisitor continued.
Chongyun just sighed, inwardly cursing their most accomplished scout and executor. Normally his swift judgement was considered a necessity, but now… Chongyun thought that the man was getting a bit too hasty with consigning those who displeased him to death. The punishment should have been confinement and corporal punishment.
“How did we not notice?” Elder Shenhe finally asked aloud.
“There were three light examinations of the Young Master, and one deeper to check for illusions of the Enemy upon his mind. All said the same thing. It was Young Master Zang Li’s body and there was no influence upon his mind.” The Inquisitor voice quavered a bit as he reported.
Chongyun knew that such examinations were difficult to fool. They had thousands of years to perfect them, and to have them all come up clean was proof of the power of the demonic cultivator’s skill.
“We asked others who knew him if they had noticed any changes. They reported that Zang Li was more vindictive and had acquired a sudden taste for the finer sex, but this one speculates such things could have been dismissed as emerging due to the ridicule he received from the Inner Disciples. By all accounts he was an exemplary, if aggressive, member of the Shrouded Mountain Sect. A true son of the Shrouded Mountain.”
The last remark was chilling. Silence filled the room, only punctuated by breathing.
“Leave us.” Shenhe commanded after a moment. The Inquisitor bowed immediately and departed after resealing the barrel.
Chongyun sighed, pondering the words of the Inquisitor. Chongyun himself had become suspicious of the boy due to his sudden and unnatural growth. Zang Li had struggled all his life. He was quieter than most. He rarely offered insult. Then all of a sudden he began lashing out at all who opposed him. It had seemed… off to Chongyun.
“How did Zeng not notice?” Chongyun muttered in exasperation.
Shenhe snorted. “Cousin Zeng cared little for his youngest. The weakest and slowest of his offspring received little of his attention. I would have been more surprised if he did notice.” She idly ran her fingers along the sheath of her sword, glaring hatefully at the barrel. “His eyes were too greedy. I knew little Li’s eyes. They were purer than that. His was an honest desire for strength, to prove himself to his father and his Sect.” The words were wistful. “And now he’s dead, eaten by a parasite, and we can’t do anything about it.” She finished. Shenhe turned her eyes to the scroll that was sitting open on the table beside them.
The other problem in the room. The one that had to be handled most delicately.
“The Cloudy Sword Sect… Out of everything in this tale, that is the most unbelievable.” Chongyun mused.
“He shames us with these demands. He equates the might and worth of the Shrouded Mountain Sect to that of mortals.” Shenhe bit out.
“Yet, it proves that it is the Cloudy Sword Sect making these demands. Only they would be so... arrogant. I do not doubt Disciple Yingwen's assessment that this, Jin Rou, was powerful. But to completely disregard what we would give for this? No, that, more than any show of force, is a sign of his strength.” Upon the offending scroll that Yingwen had presented was written a list of demands, demands that were very light by most standards. Insultingly light. Whoever had penned this scroll had such little regard for the Shrouded Mountain Sect that Chongyun believed he could feel the disdain from the page. “Yet at the same time he is lenient. He has allowed us to keep our honour. This set of demands keeps us upon our mountain with the majority of our strength intact. Why?”
Shenhe froze at the question, her scowl deepening. Chongyun had an inkling. An inkling of what this was about and he wasn’t sure he liked it.
Chongyun’s eyes narrowed. “Think. For what reason would a member of the Cloudy Sword be in the Azure Hills, even stooping to raising his daughter within their Qi-starved confines?”
“He would not be. Not unless there was something there that attracted him.” Shenhe whispered, her lightning fizzling out. “At first, he specifically called us instead of destroying the creature himself. It was young and weak, and he did not remain in one place according to the mortals. He immediately left—you think he could have been on the trail of another such creature?”
It was a bit of a jump, but it was plausible. Could this be a precursor to invasion? The Lost Blood Arts coming from the Sea of Snow and the Northern Tempest? That Shenhe had so quickly reached the same conclusion he had made his blood turn to ice in his veins.
“We are famed for our ability to peel back the lies of tricksters and thieves and reveal them for what they truly are. If this line of thinking is correct… he gave the beast to us in confidence. The Cloudy Sword Sect had expectations for us, and we failed to meet them.” Chongyun grimaced. “Now he has given us enough rope to hang ourselves with.”
“I suppose we go and meet him in person to properly bow our heads for the favours he has done us.” Shenhe said finally.
“I would recommend caution. The last demand on the scroll is that no member of the Shrouded Mountain Sect may set foot in the Azure Hills without permission. Only Yingwen is listed as being able to bring back the reparations. Besides, what would you do if your daughter was abducted by a demonic cultivator that you had trusted another to death with?”
Shenhe’s silence was an answer in itself.
“I shall inform the Patriarch.” Shenhe finally said.
“I shall prepare our recompense.” Chongyun stated.
The Elders stood, nodding at each other. Then Shenhe disappeared in a flash of light.
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The days passed. I got my tour of the Dueling Peaks. I had tea with a couple of the Elders, a tense experience I had no desire to repeat again, especially when they started politely asking about cultivation advice. I had spent most of my time hanging out with the rest of the crew.
I tried to enjoy myself, but in the end I kind of failed. Things were just too tense. I needed something to occupy my mind.
So I started wandering around town thinking things over. Looking for something, though I wasn’t sure what until I found somebody familiar working at a forge.
“So, what do you think of something like this?” I asked “Handsome Man” with a little smile. I’d brought my designs with me so I decided to show him, figuring he might be able to help. The guy was stiff as a board, his eyes fixed entirely on the pipe drawing I was showing him.
I had thought teasing the guy would be a bit of fun, but I was already regretting it. He looked like he wanted to crap his pants.
“It is not my expertise, Master Jin, but this Tie Delun will do his best or die trying,” he projected his voice, determination in his eyes. “I will prove myself to you!”
I sighed. Really, the guy was fixated on Tigu. Most people seemed to like her, but “Handsome Man” here gave her mushy eyes every time they met. He seemed to be a good kid. He had jumped in to help protect her and I didn’t want either him or Tigu to get hurt.
But what could I say? I watched the guy for a second, and he seemed to shrink into himself.
“Listen, Tie Delun… You don’t need to prove yourself to me.” I said, and the guy immediately perked up. “But! I don’t think Tigu’er thinks about things that way.”
He paused, confused.
“She’s still immature. Young. She sees you as her friend. Perhaps, in a few years, she might consider it, but right now… Right now she just needs a friend, do you understand?”
The boy swallowed and nodded.
“You can come visit if you want. We’ll go fishing and I may have some commission work. Does that sound good to you?”
Tentatively, Tie Delun nodded.
‘Good man—” I started, when I was cut off.
“Master Rou! Master Rou, the Shrouded Mountain Sect’s carriage is approaching!” a voice shouted.
I took in a breath. Showtime.
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Absolutely brutal post, and still; one more post until I can do the one I did ahread of time. That said, I think I got across what I wanted to get across. Thank you all for your patrience.
And thanks to the edit squad, Shahidul “Oshi” Kabir, Brandon “Philosophysics” Zhang-Leong, LynneB, Massgamer for helping me flesh things out.
Hope it was worth the wait!
Comments
Devin Jones
OMG! Tigu and a puppy!
Joselito Sto Tomas aka Bill_Halsey
"All I would have to show for the entire meeting was a scroll written from the Elders of the Shrouded Mountain, and a whole load of stress." What, no T-shirt?
BZD
And I could totally imagine him being like the younger brother to Tigu.
BZD
Is Jin ever going to get a dog? Every good farm needs a sheepdog of some sort.
BZD
Handsome man finding out he was in the friend zone the whole time.
General Use Only
During this period, would the Shrouded Mountain Sect re-examine other members for possible intrusion?
paul Emmer
CF Just want you to know how much we appreciate your work and though I can't speak for any one else,I hope you take at least 3 weeks off after you finish the second book When you return Just do 2 chapters a week and make them longer when you can you are too good of a writer and this is too good of a story to be lost to burn out I'm here to stay and will continue to support you even if you were to make these changes thanks for what you do Sincerely Paul Emmer
It just grows into a smallish mountain and Jin says, "oh that's a nice trick, does it normally do that? "
Harish
Monday, Wednesday, Friday. There can be delays due to editing or other circumstances but it does stay regular
Ichypa
“I do not doubt Disciple Yingwen's assessment that this, Jin Rou, was powerful.“ Shouldn’t it be Rou Jin?
chumponimys
Once upon a time it was pretty consistently 1:30p ET MWF. For the last few months it’s been any time from 8p - 1:30a the next morning—if the chapter doesn’t get bumped to the next night entirely.
Shadow Gaming
I'm fairly new here, what days does he normaly post?
Aesoir
I was kind of hoping that one of the elders or the patriarch would “come to pay face” to the cloudy mountain, only to find out that “although Jin is not a member of the cloudy mountain sword, he is the sole disciple of Shen Yu” which would cause even more bloody mouths ;)
Argivian
I really like the implications of the Shrouded Mountain's moral decay here, good job!
Chad Hagner
Very well done, I liked the chapter! I like that Jin stepped in with handsome man lol and once again the sects looking too deep for meaning in Jin’s actions :-P
brandon sharky
No the stone will just get bigger while he holds it
Elijah Overland
Since Jin isn’t really aware of his power level, couldn’t he ask to use the power level stone they have for the tournament? It’s probably just sitting in a store room somewhere.
Demian Buckle
I just love how all these powerful cultivators interpret Jin's actions as some great scheme. I guess it shows how people see the actions of others through their own actions and perceptions. They just don't realize or could not comprehend that Jin just wants a simple life of peace as a farmer with his family and friends. It is not his fault that he discovered a method of Symbiotic Cultivation with the Earth.
Tyrell Facey
HaQi will be the national sport for cultivators
Demian Buckle
Thank you for the Chapter.
Thomas Todd
Poor Handsome man, I really don't think Tigu is going to be interested in romance for a long while, especially considering she's a cat and he doesn't even know yet
Kasinki
loved it
Michael Foat
I had to read the line a couple of times to put it together myself. It really tickles that they're completely over thinking most of the situation in regards to Jin himself
STORRM
good chapter, few bits i got confused on, i kept switching Chongyun and Shenhe in my head for some reason, and "trusted another to death with?" i get what it means but i had to re-read it because it felt so jarring, not that i can come up with a better wording.
Great chapter!
John Brady Anderson
Yes, though he is that in the way the Black Sea is just a pond with some salt.
John Brady Anderson
Part of that reaction on their part is that he called the same demonic cultivator an imposter previously AND it would be quite in character for the incredibly powerful, wealthy, and long lived member of the Cloudy Swords to remind them of their duty and only “insult” them in private. Many great teachers in Xianxia stories will attempt to correct someone going astray in this way, with a view of how bad the price could be but an actual light punishment.
John Brady Anderson
Oh, well put!
AlbusScitus
I love the subtle comparison with the Cloudy Sword Sect. Yingwen fell unconscious after delivering bad news. But in the same situation senior brother Lu Ri just sweats a little but otherwise keeps his composure.
Den_Ai_D
Okay, I thought I was being delusional back when they first got named a few chapters ago but Shenhe having a "murderous aura" and Chongyun's blood turning to "ice" ( okay that's a little bit of a stretch but whatever)??? These have to be genshin impact references, NO???
Aaron
Honestly kinda feels a bit too short. Like too much happened/time passed all in one chapter/off screen.
joshua Miller
"Besides, what would you do if your daughter was abducted by a demonic cultivator that you had trusted another to (deal)death with?” minor typo
WonderBread459
Meiling’s also gonna give birth at the perfectly inopportun moment too
Alexander Dupree
I'll feel better when he can get back the farm for a bit.
H
They have eyes but cannot see mt tai
Heidao
By the power of God and Anime, we all know when everyone starts thinking demons are coming to invade, there would in fact be a demon invasion. Except the demons thought they had the element of surprise, thinking an invasion from the "weak" flank of the Empire would be easy. What a crazy set up for Vol. 3, a corrupt official filing a report thinking it'll be ignored, Shrouded Mountain ramping up its defenses for an impending "invasion", Grandpa is going to learn where Jin went to visit, and our boy is getting swamped into the web of politics as everyone in the Hills want a piece of the Fa Ram's good graces. Mixed in with Xiulan's recovery, the planned summit for young masters/mistresses and the ever growing background lore of what happened long ago.
Caithdean SValerient
Thank you for the update, as always it was amazing!!
Bonifacio Mario Peña Jr.
Kek. They'll be like " where is his cultivation..." 5 seconds later "ITS EVERYWHERE! THE MOUNTAIN, THE MOUNTAIN AND THE RIVERS ARE LOOOKING AT MEEEEE!!"
Akki
I can totally see this happening! Plus every time someone comes back from Fa Ram I'd bet they would return with major boosts and insights into their cultivation which really sells the importance of Fa Ram to the sects, even the major ones like the Shrouded Mountain Sect and eventually even the Cloudy Sword Sect.
Luker number 5
"He insults us by treating us like mortals." "Oh no the mortals I can trust to do as I ask."
Null
I see i see... manly finer sex...haahahahhahaa
Alan dryfter
How much you wanna bet everyone connected to a sect that Jin befriends and gives permission to visit will be treated with the utmost honor by their sect? "You were permitted to visit the Fa Ram? You have our full blessing and backing!" Although to the other elders his reasoning to allow them to visit probably won't make any sense what so ever.
S. Nutter
You have to read a bit into the fact that Shrouded Mountain (the only people talking about foxes in a derogatory manner) had chased off the fox spirit from the mountain. The same fox that is an ancestor to the brothers. There is a scene in one of the chapters where the Shrouded Mountain guys are looking for the fox den, but the new illusions the fox had just out into place thwarted them.
S. Nutter
Definitely worth the wait! I always like seeing what other people read into Jin's words and actions.
Kensai
Instead of “finer sex”, was it supposed to be “fairer sex”?
Sean
Anyone else notice all the fox discrimination. Like we keep hearing about them the same way we hear about demons but no one elaborates.
"Besides, what would you do if your daughter was abducted by a demonic cultivator that you had trusted another to death with?" This should probably say to deal with instead of to death with.
Michael Otton
Don't forget she also has the "monkey" and his stolen "princess" to make fun of as well, although she'll probably be to busy fixing the kids leg to make the most of it.
We kinda already knew that, did we not? His grandpa is fighting against them at the moment. I don't think Jin has a "bullshit aura", when we have known about this threat for such a long time
Dust Russell
Your doing amazing getting through these brutal chapters It must be quite hard, but it's insanely enjoyable to read. I can't wait to see what happens to them! Especally if it's just farming or playing mud ball
Undead Writer
Oh! I would love that!
Undead Writer
YEEEEEESSSSS!!!! 🤩 I LOVE IT!! The misunderstandings!! The charm! The jumping to conclusions!! It’s so much fun to read!!
Enochi
You know I really look forward to Tie Delun meeting Meling and her teasing him. She is a lot more merciless then Jin in that regard.
Jeff Scott
Yay! The overly profound misunderstands are back! The legend grows.
Carl Mason
No, the punishment would have been a beating and confinement to the sect. Maybe extra chores within the sect to starve their cultivation.
riseris
Well at least we know what is coming in the future, some kind of demons from the north. If only to make the Jin protagonist aura of bullshit creation correct.
Space253
The tournament is only every 8 years.
Folke Wester
Hehe, yeah.
Martin
What I am looking forward to in next volume: - funny Magistrate histrionics - growing legend of Healing sage - Vajra (the queen bee) gaining communication ability - Azure Jade trading company slowly becoming premier one in empire - Cloudy sword sect elders tying to figure out Jin - Xiulan getting back her lost levels - Next year's tournament in Azure Hills and much much more :-)
Alexander Hallonblad
Loved the dialogue in this one
Imspinnennetz
The funny thing is that Jin and Be De's investigation of the ritual and the demons defeated by the ritual is going to be perceived as the reason for him to be in Azure hills. In reality the cause and effect is actually the other way around. Jin is investigating the ritual because he is in Azure hills.
Gavriel
Amusing Jin: gives them light reparations Them: INSULTING, AND SUSPICIOUS! Them: CONSPIRACY, let's get ready for war, and a purge! Spend more than we would ever pay in reparations, TO WAR!
Shivrah
I love this story and more I love the underlying vibe the story has had throughout. Rou was supposed to be the typical cultivator MC the world itself is pushing for it, but Jin noped out and since then has been accomplishing his MC duties by accident and though unknowing and unknown patsies. First the house cleaning of the Clowdy Sword Sect now stopping a rise of demonic cultivators. Honestly some of my favorite stories are domino effects like this is shaping up to be in the background, meanwhile Mr Oblivious is at home making a new future for himself without the world’s insanity.
Nigel Franklin
"Besides, what would you do if your daughter was abducted by a demonic cultivator that you had trusted another to *death* (deal) with?”
Empty Shelf
So, the Shrouded Mountain are a little...intense. I can definitely see why the Cloudy Sword is considered particularly "Righteous" in comparison.
Robert Mullins
So are you doing a double release next to make up for the missing chapter? Since you already have the chapter banked.
Imspinnennetz
I also want to see Zhang Fei go to Fa Ram at some point.
Shadow Gaming
Good chapter, those shrouded mountain elders would have a stroke if they knew Jin was just a farmer with some qi
mindsystem
It's nice to see that those elders are pissed about missing the Zang Li situation, even if they're just holding back because of the Cloudy Sword. Also funny to see them doing the stereotypical cultivator/people in power thing of reading more into the situation than there is. I'm hoping that this will lead to some reform in the Sect and being more alert toward actual problems that may come up. I'm ready and excited to see how this section ends and for "Master Rou Jin's Summer Camp for Young Masters and Mistresses" to be a thing lol Also, I wonder if (part of) the reason why Tie Delun is crushing so hard is because Tigu is the first girl to say he looks handsome? She compares his figure to Jin's and others have described Jin as "too muscley" and basically being "not cultivator-pretty enough".
taukid
He means the one he wrote for Monday, it's complete but he said it would fit in better after next chapter.
Rustem
They MAY be right though, not about Jin, but that demon thingy came out of nowhere, so if they come from the area Jin will be a first line of defense.
taukid
I'm really looking forward to some of the various young masters and mistresses of Azure Hills visiting the Fa Ram.
Carlos Torres
I can only think that Handsome Man saw Jin as a father with a nuke instead of a shotgun.
Zarik0
“You can come visit if you want. We’ll go fishing and I may have some commission work. Does that sound good to you?” Tentatively, Tie Delun nodded. Forgeron get, seem this little sect or atleast little "hidden" comming village with talent and quality product begin to take form :P The real hidden power of Azure Hill and only people who go in and live for a time in know the real secret of Cultivation and live with the Farmer Dao Scripture, the only one and true way :P Azure Hill with Verdant Hill as the center i guess will become a real true power in the future, hidden in plain sight of the world and a rejunovation of culture and the way of Cultivation and how to live :P Hope they stay much insular in Azure Hill and begin to do thing in another way and different way vs the world and stop having shame for be "close" to mortal, can see a lot of laught on this and multiple possible interaction and how they try to stay insular and push or play role with other visitor, trying to stay hidden and out of their shit and shitty way and not want attention ;P
Rheklr
If you've seen Silicon Valley, every Elder misunderstanding Jin reminds me of "The Bear is Sticky with Honey".
Kristof Dohrmann
Nice, good chapter! Always love cultivators thinking shit is way more complicated than it actually is.
V01D
“Ahread of time”…
Michael Ox
Thank you!
Folke Wester
Thanks! Been looking forward to it all day.
REPOsPuNKy
woot
