"Everything's been going quite well. The men and women, young and old, here have formed their own households. Although it's only a small town, it's no different from the place I lived back then. Besides all kinds of mountain delicacies and seafood, the stalls also sell daily necessities." Mother enthusiastically introduced the place to me.
"Ruize has taken in many homeless guardians over at the Administrative Affairs Division, regardless of their Dao-body cultivation, along with their families. Nearly ten thousand people live here now. He also said he wanted to turn it into a mountain city, which Mom and I usually manage." Yu Xiaoxue explained.
I looked at the several streets scattered at the foot of the mountain. I could also feel that this kind of place truly gave people a sense of peace and comfort. Xia Ruize had put a great deal of effort into it.
After entering a reinforced-concrete mansion indistinguishable from one in the lower realm, Mother personally went to the kitchen with two maids, while Yu Xiaoxue brought the children along and drank tea with me.
"Brother Tian, it's been so long since we last saw each other. How have you been? We were terribly worried about you when we ascended to the upper realm." Yu Xiaoxue sighed. It was obvious that her tone was no longer as forthright as it had been back then, when she said whatever she wanted. At some point, a thin membrane had formed between us whenever she faced me.
"Mm, let's not talk about it." I smiled faintly. Xia Ruize was selfish. At least before everyone else ascended, he had used his own little schemes to get up there.
But now, whether he was sinister or sly and treacherous, none of it could sever the fact that he was my