"Not bad. This dynasty values literature, and the spirit of study has flourished into a common custom. I'm a Provincial Graduate, after all—I get special privileges passing through city gates."
Good heavens, was this some alternative version of "master math, physics, and chemistry, and fear no journey under heaven"? The student had attained enlightenment.
"But how could one set be enough? Make several more—I've got money!" Bian Chunchou thumped his chest and pulled his two friends onward. "Chen Zui-Zui, you should get several sets too. Ordinary clothes are no match for enchanted robes. Can't you restrain yourself a little when practicing your blade? Even if your Household had mountains of gold and silver, it couldn't withstand such wear and tear!"
Chen Zui looked utterly wronged. "These clothes are like paper. I'm afraid they'll tear after just two steps. What more do you want from me?"
...Look how aggrieved the kid was.
After the three left Jade Isle Commandery, they headed north along the very road Wen Xu had once traveled. Back then, he had been alone. Though he had taken in all the myriad sights of South of the Yangtze, he had felt the world beyond was nothing much. Now, retracing that road with friends at his side, his understanding was indeed different.
Of course, some things truly had changed.
"What was different?"
Though Bian Chunchou had long since reached Grain Avoidance, food lay before him, and he had already advanced to Golden Core, so naturally he ate with great relish. "But the bearing of the common folk here really differs from that of ordinary people in the cultivation world. Is it because of imperial rule?"
His understanding of ancient times came only from the dazzling, colorful dynasties shown in television dramas. The ones he never tired of watching were