"Thank you, Aunt Meng."
What an obedient junior. Shu Menghua immediately warmly invited the two to stay. Since they had already come to Pingshui City, there was no reason to have them lodge elsewhere. Yet she had not expected—
"...You have another fellow disciple? Why didn't he come visit with you?"
Chen Zui said, "He's fighting on Cloud Platform. I'm going there in a couple of days too. Aunt Meng, your house is too big—I'd be more comfortable staying near Cloud Platform."
Bian Chunchou: ...He couldn't carry them. He really, completely couldn't carry them.
Meanwhile, on Cloud Platform, Wen Xu had finally fought his way through this best-of-three match. Cultivators had excellent stamina, but if their spiritual power was rapidly depleted without timely replenishment, they would still grow tired.
"Your swordsmanship is exquisite, fellow cultivator. I am utterly convinced of my defeat." Under the blind random matchmaking system, neither side knew the other's background. But there was no way he could be unfamiliar with such an impressive Golden Core cultivator. "This is your first time in Pingshui City, isn't it?"
Wen Xu nodded. There was no need to deny it. "Yes. I was swindled out of some Spirit Stones on the way here. I heard Cloud Platform offered spiritual remuneration, so I thought I'd fight a few matches."
"I see. With your cultivation, fellow cultivator, you'll surely earn enough resources soon and enter the Bright Moon Secret Realm."
The Bright Moon Secret Realm?
"Huh? Didn't you come for the Bright Moon Secret Realm, which opens once every hundred years?"
Wen Xu thought to himself that an opportunity once every hundred years meant they had arrived at just the right time. Secret realms were valuable precisely because they were rare. For so many people to be thinking about it, the