Liao Xia had only seven Sky Opening Realm attendants, all promising seedlings he had spotted over the past tens of thousands of years, taken in and gradually nurtured.
Liao Xia had kept this habit even now, which was why, after finishing his venture through the Devouring Origin Clan ruins in Black Stone Domain, he had taken in a servant on the spot.
That had not been a spur-of-the-moment decision. It was simply how Liao Xia had always done things.
Of course, compared to back then, Liao Xia was no longer as eager to nurture Dao Fusion Realm cultivators into the Sky Opening Realm.
In the past, if he had taken in a cultivator like Lü Fan, someone with a fairly good chance of breaking through to the Sky Opening Realm, Liao Xia would have put in several times more effort than he did now, and might even have gone out of his way to seek Natural Material Treasures to help him break through.
Unlike now, where after bringing Lü Fan back to Cold Nan City, Liao Xia had simply left him to fend for himself. At most, he had his Sky Opening Realm subordinates offer him a few pointers.
Beyond that, there was no additional care.
His mindset was no longer the same as it had been. After all, he now had seven Sky Opening Realm attendants under him to order about, and even if he gained one more Initial Stage Sky Opening Realm cultivator, it would not really change anything.
On the contrary, if Liao Xia himself could break through to the Peak Sky Opening Realm, his status would stand on equal footing with the Cold Nan City Lord, his strength would also rise dramatically, and his lifespan would increase by another ten thousand years.
Right now, Liao Xia