Splash!
Following the shouts of those two strange Heart Nourishers, one tall and one short, a crowd of Heart Nourishers suddenly rushed out from the surrounding side halls.
In that instant, Ning Xiaochuan felt that he had not entered a Heart Nourishing Hall, but a wolf den.
That was right—a wolf den. The looks in the eyes of those Heart Nourishers around him were like wolves eyeing a man, naked greed without the slightest attempt at concealment.
A rather imposing middle-aged Heart Nourisher stepped out from the crowd, looked Ning Xiaochuan up and down, and said, "Newcomer, do you wish to join our Chuanwu Heart Nourishing Hall?"
Ning Xiaochuan nodded while continuously surveying his surroundings.
All of Mo Tuo Mountain was orderly, and even the river of stars below it adhered to strict order.
Yet the Heart Nourishing Hall before him gave Ning Xiaochuan no such impression of order. This showed that there were surely many hidden tricks in a place like this. It was very likely the sort of old-timers bullying newcomers that Mo Tianxiang and the others had mentioned, so Ning Xiaochuan was already deeply on guard.
The middle-aged Heart Nourisher looked Ning Xiaochuan over several times, then smiled. "Very good. I am Song Fei, the Hall Master of Chuanwu Heart Nourishing Hall. After joining our Chuanwu Heart Nourishing Hall, you will go to the Medicine Garden and guard it for one year. This is the location of the Medicine Garden. Go there yourself and replace Junior Brother Lin."
Song Fei casually tossed Ning Xiaochuan a rune stone recording the Medicine Garden's location, then pointed at an enormous stone tablet nearby and instructed, "Pour your aura into this stone tablet. From then on, you will be a member of Chuanwu Heart Nourishing Hall."
This Song Fei had not