His state of mind was exceedingly calm.
Ever since the Immortal Realm had been born, he had been preparing for future generations. Many Immortal Dao resources and all manner of strange environments were protected by grand formations, lest they be ruined by those Innate Beings of the Immortal Realm who understood nothing.
Now that the Immortal Dao civilization of the Five Aggregates Immortal Domain had only just taken shape, there were no racial wars or other cataclysmic wars of destruction. Everyone had become scholars.
And because of that, Chen Xun had never entertained any thoughts of expansion. The Nine Extremes Immortal Domain remained the Nine Extremes Immortal Domain, and the Purple Qi Immortal Kingdom remained the Purple Qi Immortal Kingdom. He never involved himself in Immortal Dao trade or such matters.
So... because there was no supreme powerhouse suppressing heaven and earth and treating all living beings as chess pieces, the Nine Extremes Immortal Domain clamored every day to execute that villain Stone Eater, making him the greatest victim of these hidden rules.
His reputation was utterly foul... he had somehow lived himself into becoming an old monster with depths as unfathomable as the sea.
Back then, Stone Eater had been so innocent. He had declared himself invincible beneath heaven at the Foundation Establishment Realm, and had even entertained the notion of walking all the way to climb Jade Bamboo Continent. Seas had turned to mulberry fields, and the years were no longer ancient...
That innocent Stone Eater youth had long since been ground by time into a jagged, grotesque rock, never to return.
Half a day later.
Chen Xun very naturally pocketed the teacup. He remembered that he had paid with Immortal Spirit Stones, and Black Bull and Little Scarlet nodded repeatedly as well.
Later.
Just as the shopkeeper