The young girl stepped forward. Though still young, her cultivation was not lacking in the slightest.
Her late-stage Great Perfection Golden Core Realm foundation was solid and steady. In Southern Province, cultivators with such a firm foundation were actually quite rare.
"Welcome to Blazing Sun, you two. I am Sikong Xue, the current person in charge of Blazing Sun."
Sikong Xue greeted Ye Xiu and Xu Qing with a smile, and they returned the greeting.
"This is Xie Qiming, also Blazing Sun's only great Nascent Soul Realm cultivator at present."
Sikong Xue turned sideways and introduced the black-clad man beside her.
The black-clad man looked at Ye Xiu and Xu Qing, a trace of disdain flashing through his eyes. When he saw that Ye Xiu was only at the early Golden Core Realm, he gave an even colder snort.
"Xue'er, I don't object to your wanting to preserve Blazing Sun's former glory, but you cannot keep recruiting rotten fish and shrimp. For the sake of your so-called responsibility, we have already taken on far too much dead weight. If you keep stuffing in useless people to freeload and wait for death, one day you will no longer be able to bear it."
Xie Qiming's sudden mockery made the atmosphere somewhat awkward. Sikong Xue did not know what to say, but Ye Xiu seemed utterly unconcerned.
He craned his neck to look at the large pot behind them, bubbling away, and curiosity appeared on his face.
"Oh, freeload and wait for death? Does Blazing Sun provide meals too?"
"That's quite nice. Back when I was at the mountain gate, my sect would come up with all sorts of delicious food every day."
Those were not empty words.
After the Heaven-Linking Railway had been completed, Heyang City, now the central region of