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After leaving the Sun Clan, Xu Changqing strolled alone along the streets of the Rogue Cultivator Market.

It was now the hour of the pig, after nine in the evening.

Compared to the bustling daytime, it was much quieter now.

Along the entire street, Rogue Cultivators and all manner of cultivators who had come to trade gathered only outside the shops.

Unfortunately, the things here no longer held the slightest appeal for Xu Changqing.

So instead of entering the trading hall, he headed straight for Fragrant Invitation Pavilion.

"While it's still autumn, let's enter the Black Forest a few more times."

"Why?"

"Once winter comes, hunting demons will become much more difficult."

Along the way, he happened upon a newly formed demon-hunting team.

There were not many of them, only five people.

Two of them looked rather old and seemed fairly experienced.

The other three, however, had quite youthful faces. One look showed they were novices, likely cultivators for only a short time, Middle Qi Refining at most.

The world came in all shapes and forms; everyone had their own way of living.

For most incapable Rogue Cultivators eking out an existence in Dongqing City, forming or joining a demon-hunting team was the only way to gain a stable source of income.

The stronger one was, the more one earned.

However, only the outskirts of the Black Forest were safe. Its depths were exceedingly dangerous.

There were not only demons within, but also all sorts of indescribable things.

Without resources, one could not cultivate. Without cultivation, one could not survive. This was the predicament faced by many Rogue Cultivators, and they were powerless to change it.

Xu Changqing saw it with his eyes and heard it with his ears, and he could not help sighing. "Back then, if I had