The first day of the New Year.
All things lay desolate; the sky was freezing and the earth frozen solid.
Xu Changqing climbed out of his warm nanmu bed. Since Fortress handled the daily chores, all he needed to do after getting up was cook.
Fortunately, there was still some food left from last night. He only needed to heat it up a little.
Of course, it was fine not to heat it either.
To a cultivator, whether food was hot or cold no longer mattered. Anything swallowed into the stomach would be absorbed completely.
Earth Spirit Root and Metal Spiritual Root cultivators even deliberately devoured certain ores.
By morning, Xu Changqing carried gifts out to pay New Year calls.
Since Li Sancai, Hu Bugui, and Zhao Ziyue had all spent New Year's Eve at the New Market by the Flower Sea yesterday, even if they had returned, they were probably resting or busy with other matters.
Therefore, Xu Changqing decided to visit them tomorrow. Today, he would visit Zhu Fuxian first.
Ever since his last talk with Flower Elder, he had wanted to meet Zhu Fuxian, but he had never found an excuse. Now, taking advantage of the New Year visit, he could test the waters.
If he could truly slip through the back door, perhaps he could obtain an Earth Grade cultivation method without spending any points.
"If anyone comes looking for me, tell them I'm out!"
"Remember, don't keep any strangers."
"You lot, especially Wangwang and Wangzai, behave yourselves. On the first day of the New Year, I don't want to resort to violence!"
After giving his instructions, Xu Changqing rode Shattered Moon, Falling Frost into the air.
In the blink of an eye, he became a black dot vanishing beyond the horizon.
Before long, he passed