Upon reaching the county town, Lu Xuanji met Second Sister and her husband.
They were living well. Second Sister was only at Qi Refining Layer 2, while her husband was only at Qi Refining Layer 3. They stood at the bottom of the Cultivation World.
Their prospects in cultivation were limited, but they were still cultivators, honored among mortals as Immortal Masters.
A Qi Refining Layer 3 cultivator could become a City Lord in the mortal world and guard a region.
Second Sister's husband was currently serving as the county magistrate in a county town, responsible for managing the common folk.
Upon reaching Qi Refining Layer 3, one could refine and craft certain pills, spirit artifacts, formations, talismans, and the like. Although these products were low-grade and mediocre in quality, with virtually no market in the Cultivation World—
—they were extremely popular in the mortal world.
Second Sister and her husband had made a very decent living among mortals by selling such products.
After seeing Lu Xuanji, Second Sister and her husband warmly received him. They chatted intimately and asked about various matters.
After staying for three to five days, Lu Xuanji left behind some gifts and departed.
Ten days later, Lu Xuanji returned to Changyuan Mountain.
This trip down the mountain had lasted roughly three years, and he had gone through quite a few things.
At Wu Family Market, Wu Quanwen had tried to intercept and kill him, nearly capsizing his boat and sending him to his grave. At Ziyang Mountain, he had listened to Ancestor Jin Xi expound the Dao and had nearly become her disciple. He had also met Elder Brother and Second Sister again. He wanted to grow close to them, yet an invisible barrier remained between them.
He had gained quite a bit as