From afar, several young noblemen and daughters of prominent Woundless City households flew into the marquis's estate on sword flight or mounted their spirit beasts, all heading toward the lotus pond. Throughout Woundless City, the scarlet-leaf lotus pond at the Estate of Marquis Zhenwei was famed far and wide, unique in all the city. Moreover, the marquis's eldest son and his brothers were exceedingly hospitable, inviting guests over every few days.
On the Crimson Abyss Continent, ever since Emperor Qinling had ushered in the era of the Immortal Dynasty, cultivators and ordinary mortals had lived side by side. Cultivators had also picked up some of the mortals' pursuits, such as drinking wine and composing poetry, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Quite a few even combined the path of cultivation with music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, creating many distinctive cultivation schools. In addition, the spiritual energy of the Crimson Abyss Continent was even richer than that of the Blue Demon Sea. The cultivation environment here had a flavor all its own; at the very least, cultivators' daily lives were much closer to those of ordinary mortals.
Lu Xiaotian had originally felt that wasting time in such a manner and becoming steeped in the hobbies of ordinary mortals would hinder cultivation. Yet from his observations, although the people of the Crimson Abyss Continent might not hold much of an advantage over those of the Blue Demon Sea, or even the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm, during the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Realms, the proportion of Golden Core cultivators seemed higher here. They also tended to be younger than those in the two places Lu Xiaotian had previously stayed, and their realms were exceedingly stable.
Besides the abundant spiritual energy of the Crimson Abyss Continent, this mode of cultivators and ordinary mortals living intermingled