The Divine Firmament Sect Patriarch's Origins and the Merchant Association's Lady Boss!

Their journey went smoothly.

Wherever the carriage passed, it drew curious looks from the Outer Disciples.

A carriage pulled by a Thunder Marsh White Tiger was a rare sight in the Outer Sect. After all, it was a Fourth Tier spirit beast, powerful enough to rival a human cultivator who had stepped onto the Fourth Heavenly Ladder.

It was born knowing one Dao art, and each time it advanced, it unlocked another from its bloodline.

In stormy weather, such beasts could even ride lightning through the air, weaving between the clouds.

To see a spirit beast like that pulling a carriage

naturally set the passersby in the East Courtyard talking. They guessed its owner had to be someone extraordinary: a child of one of the Outer Sect's foremost cultivation Aristocratic Clans, with status beyond compare.

Yu Ke sat inside the carriage, gently lifted the curtain, and looked out.

Quite a few female cultivators along the road cast envious glances at it. Some pointed at the male cultivators traveling beside them.

The men grew uncomfortable under their remarks. They could only lower their heads, embarrassment on their faces.

The sight reminded Yu Ke of his previous life, when the roar of a "sports car" through a "shopping street" had left couples gazing after it in envy and girlfriends exasperated with boyfriends who failed to live up to their hopes.

Vanity!

Whether in the cultivation world or the mortal one, people could never quite escape it.

The East Courtyard bustled with activity. Cultivators were busy purchasing cave residences and changing homes in search of better places to cultivate.

Many shops also specialized in rare spirit herbs, their medicinal fragrance filling the air.

By contrast, the West Courtyard they had visited earlier had been devoted more to restaurants and banquets.

Taking in the