Ancestor

To ordinary mortals, Immortal Cultivators were far too ethereal.

After Yue Kingdom was annihilated, many Immortal Cultivator scriptures were burned to ashes. The "immortal" who had helped Yue Kingdom suppress the peasant army was besieged by five Innate Realm masters and died within the imperial palace.

From then on, cultivation became a legend in the lands of Yue Kingdom.

Three hundred years passed.

Over those three hundred years, no one had ever seen an Immortal Cultivator. Generation after generation, people had long stopped believing in cultivation. Only some great lineages with long inheritances retained partial records and still held a measure of reverence for immortals.

Qingya County had changed its name as well.

It was now called Beihe County.

The county town remained as dilapidated as ever. Chen Luo led his donkey down the streets, unable to find any trace of the old days. Even the city's main roads had changed. The original county town had been in the north, against the mountains, but it had now expanded southward.

The mountain-backed North City District had been split off and became a district under Beihe County.

"Our place has been called Beihe County since ancient times. I've never heard of a name like Qingya County." At the mouth of an alley, an old man sitting on a small stool sized Chen Luo up and down.

This old man was the eldest person Chen Luo had encountered nearby.

Originally, he had wanted to chat with the old man, only to discover that the man deeply detested scholars. Before they had even exchanged more than two sentences, he began lecturing Chen Luo.

"I've seen plenty of young people like you! Don't think reading a few books means you can govern the world. This old man has eaten more salt than you've eaten rice."