Vast Forest Market, Outer Area.
Lu Xuan entered the marketplace smoothly and slowly walked along the streets that still held a faint sense of familiarity.
"A First Grade Flying Sword, ninety percent new! Only thirty Spirit Stones!"
"Pills on clearance! Buy ten and get one free!"
"Fresh Demon Beast Meat! Just caught in a Secret Realm! Butchered on the spot!"
Along both sides of the street, Rogue Cultivator Stall Owners were energetically calling out to passing cultivators. All kinds of hawking cries reached Lu Xuan's ears, making his footsteps unconsciously quicken with delight.
His eyes swept over the street, and many scenes sealed deep within his memories suddenly came alive.
Many of the shops he had once frequented still looked exactly as they had before.
"Huh? The shop selling Spirit Beast younglings has changed owners?"
He stopped in his tracks. In a familiar corner to his left, there had once been a shop selling younglings and embryos of various First Grade and Second Grade Demonic Beasts. It had vanished, replaced by a medicine hall.
Lu Xuan still clearly remembered buying Red-Beard Carp and Iron Pincer Crab Demonic Beasts in that shop after he had begun harvesting White Light Orbs.
As he continued deeper into the alley, even with the state of mind of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he could not help feeling a homesick anxiety upon nearing home.
He exhaled deeply and arrived at the Small Courtyard where he had first stayed.
Standing before the door, he found every brick and tile of the courtyard wall incomparably familiar.
His spiritual sense slipped inside with extreme stealth. The room had some simple furnishings, but no one appeared to be home.
The Half-Acre Spirit Field in the backyard had already fallen into ruin. Several different varieties of First Grade Spirit Plants grew