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The woman just shook her head at Tian Ye's life-threatening questions, "Yes, my father's wife indeed treated me like an eyesore, but there's also the fact that she never treated me any worse other than indirectly telling me to know my place by having me take a servant's training."
Hearing her words, Tian Ye's eyes couldn't help but narrow as he thought in displeasure, 'This woman makes everything so complicated. Just get rid of the problem and it's done.'
Feeling Tian Ye's gaze, the woman couldn't help but swallow the saliva in her mouth but seeing that Tian Ye looked away in the next few moments, she heaved a sigh of relief and continued the task of washing the robes with splattered blood.
After a few minutes, she was finally done with washing the blood off the robes. Considering that the blood was smeared recently, the blood came off relatively quickly and the only thing left to do was to wring it dry but Tian Ye's voice rang.
"It's fine, give it here."
"But… It's still wet." The woman replied hesitantly.
"Woman, I don't like repeating myself." Tian Ye's voice once again rang, this time, filled with coldness.
The woman's forehead was instantly filled with sweat, her hands were slightly trembling. She had let her guard down, she thought that because she was able to have a casual conversation with Tian Ye a while ago, he was an easygoing immortal but the fact that she was dealing with an immortal never changed so she should have never treated him comfortably.
Furthermore, this immortal that she has encountered seems to be quite the whimsical one. One moment he's asking you if you want his help, the next moment, you're worrying if he's gonna kill you because you displeased him.
"Y-Yes." The woman replied respectfully as she got nearer towards Tian Ye who was half-submerged in the riverside.
Tian Ye, on the other hand, nodded in satisfaction as he received the clean but still wet robes.
The inner robes, the long sleeves, and the pants were the color of white which he liked in particular. Meanwhile the cloth shoes and the outer robes were the color of grey.
Although he didn't like the color of the shoes and the outer robes, he put them on anyway.
After he wore the outfit, he slowly walked out of the river, his clothes wet from river water. However, as he took a step, one by one, his clothes began to glow, in the eyes of the woman, Tian Ye seemed to be surrounded by a red aura, the wet outfit that he wore, and his long silky hair that reached his back began to dry.
With his hair drying, Tian Ye tied it once again into a ponytail.
She couldn't help but look over in disbelief, 'I've encountered several immortals before but they're either on par with my father or only a little bit stronger. but this immortal… he can even use spiritual qi on trivial things such as drying wet clothes…'
Tian Ye, with a slight satisfied grin on his face, tilted his head from side to side with one hand touching the side of his neck.
He then looked at the woman and asked with a slight confusion, "Did I ask your name earlier? I don't seem to remember."
The woman shook her head and answered respectfully, satisfying Tian Ye's curiosity. "This middle-aged woman's name is Zhao Meng, Great Immortal."
"Zhao Meng? Despite your cliche background, your name is too obscure to be called a heroine." Tian Ye couldn't help but say.
After all, Zhao Meng had a famous father, an irritating step mother, a famous background, and irritating people around her. It was the basic cliche background for a heroine but the name was a little… it doesn't ring a bell even if he digs deep into the cultivation novels he had read in his previous life.
"What do you mean, Great Immortal?" Zhao Meng asked in confusion.
Meanwhile, Tian Ye just shook his head and said, "You've washed my robes, now all that's left is to show me around the Yellow Leaf City and treat me to some food. I'll do you 1 favor, no matter what you ask for, I'll do it for you as long as I think that I can do it."
Zhao Meng's eyes widened, hearing Tian Ye's words, she couldn't help but feel moved, a great immortal would actually do her a favor when he had already saved her. If anything, she was the one who owed him a favor but Tian Ye had said that he doesn't like repeating himself so she just nodded and said respectfully, "Thank you, Great Immortal."
"So, Zhao Meng, where's the direction to Yellow Leaf City?"
Zhao Meng thought for a bit then looked around before saying with a little bit of embarrassment, "I don't know the way, Great Immortal. I was unconscious when I was brought here by that man."
Tian Ye nodded in understanding as he crouched down slightly, his back revealed to the middle-aged woman. "Hop on."
"This…" Zhao Meng hesitated before getting on Tian Ye's back because of his status of being a Great Immortal but remembering his words when he said that he doesn't like repeating himself, she felt goosebumps all over his body and rode Tian Ye's back obediently.
Feeling the woman on his back, Tian Ye nodded in satisfaction because he didn't repeat himself.
The moment she got on his back, he didn't even boost his feet with spiritual qi before jumping from one tree to another at a reasonable yet fast pace because Zhao Meng, behind him, probably couldn't bear the air pressure if he moves fast due to her being an ordinary mortal.
Zhao Meng, although exposed to the higher world of martial arts within the Yellow Leaf City, she hasn't experienced something like this before so she enjoyed the feeling of jumping from one tree to another smoothly even if she was just riding on Tian Ye's back.
A few minutes later, Zhao Meng was surprised to see that they've already arrived at the peak of a small mountain, 'Already? The Great Immortal is really different compared to us mortals.'
Tian Ye then asked without looking her way, "Where's the way to Yellow Leaf City?"
Zhao Meng looked around for a bit before pointing in the direction of a tall conspicuous tree filled with Yellow Leaf in the distance, "Over there, Great Immortal. The city's name is derived from that tree."
"A tree filled with yellow leaves? That's interesting." In Tian Ye's vision, that tree wasn't dying in the slightest, if anything else, it was thriving with life.
Even if it was a distance away, With Tian Ye's vision as a peak Qi Refinement Realm cultivator, he could see it clearly like it was in front of him, so he ran in the direction of the Yellow Leaf City with Zhao Meng on his back.
Originally, it would have taken Zhao Meng 4-6 hours if he walked the distance but riding behind Tian Ye's back, it took no more than 20 minutes even if he was going at a pace that she could handle.
Soon, they arrived beside the tall yellow leaf tree. He put down Zhao Meng, then looked towards the Yellow Leaf City.
The Yellow Leaf City was surrounded by walls. He and Zhao Meng stood near the gates, or in the middle of the walls, in their vision, the walls stretched out infinitely showing that the walls stretched quite far.
As they strolled into the city gates, Tian Ye couldn't help but ask, "How far do these walls stretch out for?"
Zhao Meng answered, "It stretched for 5 kilometers on each side to deter ferocious beasts, the Great Immortal."
"5 kilometers?" Tian Ye was a little surprised but nodded in understanding. People in cultivation worlds like to exaggerate what they do, causing ridiculous stuff like this.
Half of that or less would suffice for better efficiency recalling that the city only has the population of about 10,000 from Zhao Meng's words but they liked to show off so they make it difficult for themselves when calamities actually arrive.
How much would it take to take care of a 5 kilometer wall? A lot. It doesn't need to be explained because 5 kilometers on each side is difficult to take care of with the population of 10,000.
As for the ferocious beasts, Tian Ye was curious, he had never heard of it from within the sect because he was not that curious about the outer world at that moment and just wanted to focus on cultivation, "Ferocious beasts?"
Zhao Meng had long gotten used to Tian Ye's ignorance of the world as if he had just come down from the mountains after tens or hundreds of years, so she directly satisfied his curiosity, "Ferocious beasts are beasts that had gained intelligence and had gained the ability to use spiritual qi, Great Immortal. They are divided into 4 as well just like martial arts realm, in the case of ferocious beasts, they are, 1st order beasts, comparable to Martial Learners, 2nd order beasts, comparable to Martial Experts, 3rd order beasts, comparable to Martial Masters, and 4th order beasts, comparable to Martial Grandmasters."
"Usually, there would only be 1st orders and 2nd orders around the forest behind the walls but every few years there would be 3rd order beasts leading 1st orders and 2nd orders and every decade there would be a 4th order beast. Before, when 4th order beast attacks leading 1st, 2nd, 3rd orders beasts, there would be so many casualties but with my father, who's also at the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, the casualties are reduced by a lot."
"Every few years? Every decade? That sounds like some rare events that happen in games." Tian Ye chuckled in reply.
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