Desolate Mountain.
The sky is clear.
Everything is covered in a blanket of white.
Ning Zheng and Shi Youxing are strolling, observing, and chatting about what they've seen.
Non-combat cultivators from various families, along with clansmen, are also setting up stalls here, earning some extra income by selling their specialty items—various magical artifacts, talismans, pill medicine.
Of course, whether it's their specialty is yet to be confirmed; it could also be stolen goods from their family raids.
Actually, after several days of interaction, Shi Youxing found this "steward" quite intriguing.
The current elderly face, it's definitely not his true appearance.
Because in the cultivation realm, one begins by cultivating the Five Elements.
The head comes first, how could the head age ahead?
Even if cultivators age, they generally maintain the handsome head of a youth, withered limbs, internal organs, that's the norm!
Thus.
