Watching Lord Zhuang ride away from afar, only Yan Chenghuan and Zhang Xu remained in the original group.
Zhang Xu stopped what she was doing. Yan Chenghuan watched as her cultivation level rose to the upper-middle level of the second level, then stopped and stared at her with interest, arms crossed.
"Who exactly are you?"
Zhang Xu sighed: "I've already said, I'm just a wandering ghost who only managed to possess your body by chance. Why don't you believe me? You've asked this question so many times. Are the messages you receive different each time? Are they different?"
"I've been watching Xuxu for many years. She wasn't cut out for cultivation. It was only because you came that she developed it. Cultivation talent is something you're born with. If you don't have it, you can't get it no matter what. Not only do you have it, but you do it as easily as drinking water."
Helpless, Zhang Xu pulled out the still waving little wooden boy and said, "Here!"
Xiao Mumu's actions were interrupted, and she looked a little confused: "What's wrong? What's wrong? Aren't we going to continue?"
Only then did Yan Chenghuan notice a light green array beneath Xiao Mumu's feet. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowed from the array into Zhang Xu's body; it looked quite simple.
Yan Chenghuan's lips twitched: "Tree spirits can be used like this?" Such a thing was unheard of. In their previous understanding, spirits of heaven and earth could only be used as medicinal materials to assist in cultivation, but they never thought that it could also assist in cultivation.
Although Zhang Xu kept saying that her origins were a coincidence, Yan Chenghuan just didn't believe it. The timing of her appearance was too coincidental, and she was always a little uneasy about it. Moreover, when it came to Zhang Xu, all sorts of illogical things suddenly made sense.
Although Zhang Xu had been with him for so long and didn't seem like an ambitious person, Yan Chenghuan always felt that there was something unsettling about her. Perhaps this was something that even Zhang Xu herself was unaware of, and if that was the case, it could be a big problem.
"Perhaps you could tell me where you're from?" Yan Chenghuan asked in a different phrasing.
There's nothing to hide about that. Zhang Xu thought for a moment and said, "My family is different from yours. We're all ordinary people with no special talents or spiritual energy. We work from sunrise to sunset and our lives aren't as long as those of cultivators. The longest-lived are only a little over a hundred years old."
Yan Chenghuan suddenly looked her over, his eyes darting up and down as if he were thinking about something.
Zhang Xu suddenly had a bad feeling: "What are you going to do?"
Yan Chenghuan asked an extremely straightforward question: "How old are you?"
Zhang Xu?
Why do I feel so bad for that brat? Why did he have to ask such a question?
Seeing Zhang Xu hesitate, Yan Chenghuan's expression tightened: "You're not the old lady, are you?"
After all, her lack of desire and detachment from worldly pursuits does indeed seem like someone who is older and has no ambitions!
Zhang Xu's fists hardened instantly. Looking at Yan Chenghuan's handsome face, which was full of curiosity, she looked like she was asking for his guidance. She clenched her fists again and again, and it took her a long time to suppress the anger in her heart. She muttered to herself.
He's the villain! He's the villain! We can't afford to offend him! We can't afford to offend him!
Yan Chenghuan didn't hear what she was muttering, but said with an inscrutable expression, "I'll live a long life!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xu was completely bewildered and could only follow him blankly towards Lin'an County.
In this world, only a minority of people can cultivate. Most mortals rely on making offerings to sects and working as their assistants to survive. Lin'an County is no exception. Located at the foot of the Hehuan Sect, it can live quite happily every year thanks to the remaining influence of the sect's charity.
The city was bustling with people, a lively scene indeed.
Yan Chenghuan led the carriage to the city gate, where a thin guard checked them and then let them pass.
Zhang Xu lifted the curtain from the carriage and asked, "What are you investigating?"
This shows that Zhang Xu truly knows nothing about this world, and seems to have come from another world.
Yan Chenghuan: "Identity certificate."
In the past, she stayed in the palace with Rong Yue, and even after they came out, they always lived a life of hardship and never really experienced any towns or cities in the mortal world. Miluo City doesn't count, though, because the two of them sneaked in there.
Zhang Xu took Yan Chenghuan's cloth and looked at it. The cloth indicated the name, origin, and who was traveling with him, which was more detailed than an ID card. However, the relationship between the people traveling with him was not clearly stated.
Daoist partners?
Zhang Xu wasn't particularly learned, but she understood what this "Daoist partner" meant. For a moment, she cast a questioning glance at Yan Chenghuan.
He calmly replied, "We look completely different and have no resemblance whatsoever. It would be inappropriate to write that we are siblings; it would be too fake."
Zhang Xu rolled her eyes at him. Good heavens, siblings becoming husband and wife? Although this thing was fake, in her eyes, Yan Chenghuan was just a teenager. Looking at those two words always felt like an old ox munching on newly sprouted tender grass. Thinking of this, Zhang Xu couldn't help but feel a chill and shivered violently.
However, Yan Chenghuan's reasons were sound, and Zhang Xu had no reason to refute them. After all, Yan Chenghuan was eight feet tall and had a beautiful face, while Zhang Xu was pretty and cute. The two did not look like siblings at all. They had come here to seek revenge, and it would be better to have one less problem.
Yan Chenghuan's predecessor had always lived under surveillance. Rong Lin's departure made things much easier, but the news that he had fallen into demonic possession would spread sooner or later. Although it was unknown why he had not yet gone mad, he was still a ticking time bomb. It was likely that the cultivation world would not be at ease.
The street layout of this era was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, but roadside markets were bustling with activity, offering all sorts of amusement and trinkets, and shops lined the streets. People came and went.
Among them were wandering monks, itinerant Taoist priests, and various young disciples dressed in sect uniforms.
Here, one can see the difference between the towns under the sect's jurisdiction and other cities. Cultivators, who are rare elsewhere, can be seen everywhere here.
There seem to be far too many Taoist practitioners in Lin'an County.
Yan Chenghuan grabbed a seemingly passing rogue cultivator and asked, "Brother, with so many cultivators in Lin'an County, has something major happened?"
The man looked at him as if he were a fool: "You didn't come here to witness the grand gathering of the Black and White Duo?"
What is this? It sounds like a cult.
However, Yan Chenghuan had been hiding in the palace for a long time and had no news around him. Zhang Xu knew nothing about it either, so they were completely clueless about these things.
Yan Chenghuan humbly sought advice, and the man readily answered. After all, it was news that everyone already knew, so there was no harm in revealing it.
"It is the blooming of a thousand-year-old lotus of the Hehuan Sect. Two flowers bloom, growing side by side, one white and one black. Eating them can grant one a layer of spiritual power. The Hehuan Sect has specially invited heroes from all over the world to come and admire them!"
"After the viewing, we've prepared a competition. The winner can represent the Hehuan Sect at the Elite Gathering!"
The man's expression showed longing as he spoke. The threshold of the Hehuan Sect was so high. If he could take this opportunity to enter, it would greatly benefit his future cultivation!
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