In Yunshan County, Meng Chong devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation, while Shi Er seized the opportunity to come over every day to cook, mop the floors, sweep the rooms, and do everything a servant ought to do.
Li Xuan also devoted his mind to the great cause of martial cultivation.
He prepared martial skills and cultivation techniques for Meng Chong, pondering how to perfect the Body Cultivation Martial Dao system.
Meanwhile, Donghe Commandery was swept by a fever of searching for reclusive masters. Groups of dandies who usually bullied men and dominated women—or simply loafed around waiting to die—led their guards and servants into the mountains, burrowing through every corner in search of a master so they could become disciples and learn true martial cultivation.
Xu Yan's strength filled them with envy.
Before this, they had mocked Xu Yan behind his back more than once, calling him a fool whose brains were not quite right. But in the end, the real idiot turned out to be me?
They simply could not accept it!
I want to become a martial cultivation expert too!
And so, a fever of searching for reclusive masters swept through Donghe Commandery. In the normally desolate mountains and wilderness, people searching for masters could often be seen.
"Wang, what a coincidence! Have you found a master yet?"
"Ah, Tian, what about you?"
"No. I've searched several mountains from top to bottom. I even ran into a big tiger, but still didn't find a master."
"Same here!"
"Sigh, where do you think that Xu Yan fellow found his master? Could the master not be in the mountains, but in the city?"
"How could that be? Masters are naturally all secluded in the deep mountains. If one were in the city, wouldn't everyone know?"
"I'm done chatting. I'm going