By the time they reached Monster Refining Mountain, dawn clouds painted the slopes, and the grasses and trees were lush and green.
It was clearly a perilous mountain forest where demonic beasts gathered in packs, yet Mo Hua seemed as if he were on a spring outing, his expression relaxed, his steps light, even humming a little tune.
When he arrived below a hillside, Mo Hua stopped, took fruit wine, pastries, and dried meat out of his Storage Bag, and ate with great relish while admiring the mountain scenery in the early morning.
After a while, a figure appeared in the distance.
Mo Hua immediately stood up and waved with a delighted expression, calling out:
"Situ, over here!"
A tall, handsome youth carrying the Separating Fire Sword on his back heard him, smiled, and greeted him as well, then walked toward Mo Hua.
The person who had come was precisely Situ Jian.
He was also the "sparring partner" for sword control whom Mo Hua had found.
Counting it up, the two of them were both from Li Prefecture, so they ought to be fellow townsmen.
When Mo Hua had been in Li Prefecture before, he had even had dealings with the Situ Clan and had gotten to know the Situ Clan's siblings, Situ Fang and Situ Xiu, as well as Elder Jin and quite a few other Cultivators.
However, the Situ Clan was very large. Those people were probably considered collateral branches of the Situ Clan, and most likely were not familiar with Situ Jian either.
So Mo Hua did not bring it up.
The two of them sat in the mountain, taking in the dawn glow and mountain colors as they enjoyed fine wine and delicacies.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they formally began practicing the