A Traveler in the Shadows

"That's candied hawthorn..." Li Changshou's face darkened. His junior sister's complete lack of worldly experience truly made him feel like he was losing face...

"Senior Brother, I want some!" Lan Ling'e clenched her small fists and shouted excitedly as she walked over...

"Boss, how much are these?" Lan Ling'e asked.

"Ten coins a skewer. How many would you like, miss?"

The vendor was an old man, and he smiled warmly at Lan Ling'e.

"I'll take them all. Senior Brother, pay up!"

"Spendthrift Junior Sister!" Though Li Changshou complained, his hands honestly reached for his money pouch.

Lan Ling'e held candied hawthorn in both hands. After taking one bite, her eyes widened. She hurriedly took another bite, still looking unsatisfied.

She said indistinctly, "There's actually something this delicious in the world!"

Meanwhile, Li Changshou's face was covered in black lines...

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the morning sun rose, and the first ray of dawn fell upon the dew beads on the green leaves. Their perfectly transparent little faces showed a trace of terror as they hurriedly hid in the shadows.

The darkness shrouding the Vast Expanse Realm was completely dispelled. At this moment, before Thundercloud Hall on the northern slope of Divine Elegance Peak, there was already a sea of people, with all sorts of noisy voices blending together.

Spiritual radiance shot into the skies amid the crowd, for many academies from Golden Continent Main City had come to recruit students.

There were even elders among them, the weakest being mighty Golden Immortals. Yet they had come in person for no other reason than to recruit disciples!

Golden Immortals—within a small sect like the Duxian Sect, even the sect master had only barely reached that cultivation level.

Everyone stared into the distance,