"Ordinary, how did it feel?"
"So many people. So lively."
Lu Chen led Ordinary through Chaoge's market streets. Ordinary looked this way and that, his large eyes brimming with wonder. Since his birth, he had cultivated quietly within the Six Paths every day. Other than Houtu, the only people he had encountered were the Ancestral Witches.
On Carefree Island, although the scenery was better than within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, there had only been Lu Chen and him. This was his first time seeing so many people.
"Father, what is that? Can I eat it?"
Ordinary's gaze was drawn to something, and he could not look away.
"Candied hawthorns! Delicious candied hawthorns! Don't miss them as you pass by!"
"Old sir, give me two skewers of candied hawthorns."
Lu Chen led Ordinary over, casually took out a golden leaf, and placed it in the old man's hand. The old man carried a straw pole filled with candied hawthorn skewers.
"Ah, sir, this old man will give you two for free! Even if I gave you every candied hawthorn here, they would not be worth this golden leaf!"
The old man looked at the gleaming golden leaf in Lu Chen's hand and was immediately shocked pale. As he spoke, he reached for the straw pole.
"Old sir, I'll let you get off work early. I'll take all these candied hawthorns. No need for change."
Lu Chen smiled, stuffed the golden leaf into the old man's hand, then took the straw pole away in one smooth motion.
"Thank you, my lord! My lord truly is a great and good man!"
Seeing this, the old man no longer declined. Overwhelmed by the unexpected favor, he bowed to Lu Chen again and again.
"Eat."
Lu Chen reached out, plucked a candied hawthorn skewer